GetAsURLEncoded function

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GetAsURLEncoded function

Format


GetAsURLEncoded(text)

Parameter

text - any text expression or text field

Data type returned

text

Description

Returns text as URL (Uniform Resource Locator) encoding, for use as a URL. Removes all styles from text.

All characters are first converted to UTF-8 format. Characters that are neither letters nor digits, or digits that are in the upper ASCII range, are converted to %HH format (a percent sign followed by the character's hexadecimal value).

See the following website for more information on URL encoding:

http://www.w3.org

Examples

GetAsURLEncoded("Hello") returns Hello

GetAsURLEncoded("San Francisco") returns San%20Francisco

GetAsURLEncoded("français") returns fran%c3%a7ais

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