GetAsURLEncoded
Purpose
Returns text as URL (Uniform Resource Locator) encoding, for use as a URL.
Format
GetAsURLEncoded(text)
Parameters
text - any
text expression or text
field Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 8.5
Description
This function 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:
Examples
GetAsURLEncoded("Hello") returns Hello.
GetAsURLEncoded("San Francisco") returns San%20Francisco.
GetAsURLEncoded("français") returns fran%c3%a7ais.
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