decodeURIComponent

Summary

Gets the unencoded version of an encoded component of a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

Syntax

decodeURIComponent( encodedURIString )

Examples

The following code first encodes and then decodes a URI.

var uriEncode = encodeURI ("http://www.Not a URL.com");
 var uriDecode = decodeURIComponent(uriEncode);

 document.write (uriEncode);
 document.write("<br/>");
 document.write (uriDecode);

 // Output:
 // http://www.Not%20a%20URL.com
 // http://www.Not a URL.com

Remarks

The required encodedURIString argument is a value representing an encoded URI component.

A URIComponent is part of a complete URI.

If the encodedURIString is not valid, a URIError occurs.

See also

Other articles

• decodeURI Function
• encodeURI Function

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Article