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[Encode_URL]

Tag Link [Encode_URL] Category Encoding
Type Substitution Source Available No
Support Preferred Version 2.5
Change Unchanged Data Source Any
Output Type String Security None
Implementation LCAPI Sets Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0, Lasso 3.x, Lasso 2.5

Description

[Encode_URL] takes a single argument which is a string to be encoded. It encodes any URL illegal characters in the string into URL entities.

This tag can be used to encode an entire URL. It will leave all the delimiters of the URL unchanged while encoding high-ASCII and other illegal characters into URL entities.

Note: This tag performs the same encoding as the -EncodeURL keyword.

Syntax

[Encode_URL: 'Encoding Value']

Parameters

Required Parameters
Encoding Value The specified value will have -EncodeURL encoding applied.

Examples

To encode text using URL encoding:

Use the [Encode_URL] tag. The following example encodes a string using URL encoding to demonstrate what characters are replaced by URL entitites. Notice that the n with a tilde is encoded, but the ? and = character are not.

[Encode_URL: 'default.lasso?mañana=tomorrow']

default.lasso?ma%F1ana=tomorrow