Module URI::Escape
In: lib/uri/common.rb

Methods

decode   encode   escape   unescape  

Included Modules

REGEXP

Public Instance methods

decode(str)

Alias for unescape

encode(str, unsafe = UNSAFE)

Alias for escape

escape(str, unsafe = UNSAFE)

Synopsis

  URI.escape(str [, unsafe])

Args

str:String to replaces in.
unsafe:Regexp that matches all symbols that must be replaced with codes. By default uses REGEXP::UNSAFE. When this argument is a String, it represents a character set.

Description

Escapes the string, replacing all unsafe characters with codes.

Usage

  require 'uri'

  enc_uri = URI.escape("http://example.com/?a=\11\15")
  p enc_uri
  # => "http://example.com/?a=%09%0D"

  p URI.unescape(enc_uri)
  # => "http://example.com/?a=\t\r"

  p URI.escape("@?@!", "!?")
  # => "@%3F@%21"
unescape(str)

Synopsis

  URI.unescape(str)

Args

str:Unescapes the string.

Usage

  require 'uri'

  enc_uri = URI.escape("http://example.com/?a=\11\15")
  p enc_uri
  # => "http://example.com/?a=%09%0D"

  p URI.unescape(enc_uri)
  # => "http://example.com/?a=\t\r"

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