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Created August 23, 2013 19:51
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URL encode/decode
function URLEncode (clearString) {
var output = '';
var x = 0;
clearString = clearString.toString();
var regex = /(^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)/;
while (x < clearString.length) {
var match = regex.exec(clearString.substr(x));
if (match != null && match.length > 1 && match[1] != '') {
output += match[1];
x += match[1].length;
} else {
if (clearString[x] == ' ')
output += '+';
else {
var charCode = clearString.charCodeAt(x);
var hexVal = charCode.toString(16);
output += '%' + ( hexVal.length < 2 ? '0' : '' ) + hexVal.toUpperCase();
}
x++;
}
}
return output;
}
function URLDecode (encodedString) {
var output = encodedString;
var binVal, thisString;
var myregexp = /(%[^%]{2})/;
while ((match = myregexp.exec(output)) != null
&& match.length > 1
&& match[1] != '') {
binVal = parseInt(match[1].substr(1),16);
thisString = String.fromCharCode(binVal);
output = output.replace(match[1], thisString);
}
return output;
}
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