JS: Encode URL, Escape String

By Xah Lee. Date: 2010-10-29. Last updated: 2023-02-20.

encodeURI/decodeURI: Percent encode URL.
〔see encodeURI〕
encodeURIComponent/decodeURIComponent: Like encodeURI but changes more chars, including slash and colon in http://.
〔see encodeURIComponent〕
escape/unescape: deprecated. Changes some characters to a percent encoded form of the char's Unicode codepoint.
〔see escape〕

Note: these functions are properties of the Global Object .