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URL Encoding and Decoding

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Demonstrates URL encoding and decoding.

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Classic ASP
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

' To URL encoding a string:
s = "Why a > b?"

set sb = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sb.Append(s)

' URL encode the string.
success = sb.Encode("url","utf-8")

' Show the URL encoded string:
sEncoded = sb.GetAsString()
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sEncoded) & "</pre>"

' The result is:  Why%20a%20%3E%20b%3F

' If you prefer "+" instead of "%20" for SPACE chars:
numReplaced = sb.Replace("%20","+")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sb.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"

' Output is:   Why+a+%3E+b%3F

' To decode:
success = sb.Decode("url","utf-8")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sb.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"

' Result is: Why a > b?

%>
</body>
</html>