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escape() and unescape()

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Tags: javascript Groups: JavaScript

The escape() and unescape() built-in Javascript methods encode and unencode strings using percent encoding, where certain characters are replaced by hexadecimal escape sequences.

Browser support

  • Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
  • Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
  • Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
  • Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29