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LlUnescapeURL

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Return value notes

Returns a string that is an unescaped/unencoded version of url, replacing "%20" with spaces etc.

Caveats

  • The hexadecimal encoded representation of UTF-8 byte encoding is the only supported means of access to non ASCII7 characters (Unicode characters).
    • Decoding of Unicode as "%u####" is not supported.
  • The "+" character is not decoded as a space.

Examples

string str = "http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL Portal";

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llOwnerSay("Plain string:\n\t" + str);
        // output: "http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL Portal"

        llOwnerSay("Escaped string:\n\t" + llEscapeURL(str));
        // output: "http%3A%2F%2Fwiki%2Esecondlife%2Ecom%2Fwiki%2FLSL%20Portal"

        llOwnerSay("Escaped string unescaped again:\n\t" + llUnescapeURL( llEscapeURL(str) ));
        // output: "http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL Portal"

        // because escaping and unescaping are exact opposite
        // and unescaping an escaped string returns the original


        //  For readability's sake it would make more sense to do:
        llOwnerSay("For readability's sake:\n\t" + "http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/" + llEscapeURL("LSL Portal"));
        // output: "http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL%20Portal"
    }
}

See also: functions

See also: articles

Original wiki source

Some wiki templates and tables need their original context. View this article on the Second Life Wiki. Technical wording and examples are retained from the source; historical guidance may differ from current behavior.

From the Second Life Wiki

Community documentation adapted from LlUnescapeURL, by Linden Research, Inc. and contributing residents.View contributors and history.

Imported wiki revision:

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Last wiki edit: .Formatting and links have been adapted for this site; API metadata follows the LSL definitions.