Core JavaScript 1.5 Reference:Global Functions:decodeURI

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Syntax 3 Parameters 4 Description 5 See also

[edit] Summary

Core Function

Decodes a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) previously created by encodeURI or by a similar routine.

[edit] Syntax

decodeURI(encodedURI)

[edit] Parameters

encodedURI 

A complete, encoded Uniform Resource Identifier.

[edit] Description

Replaces each escape sequence in the encoded URI with the character that it represents.

Does not decode escape sequences that could not have been introduced by encodeURI.

[edit] See also

decodeURIComponent, encodeURI, encodeURIComponent