System.Web Namespace   HttpUtility Class

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Converts a URL-encoded string into a decoded array of bytes .

[ VB ]
Overloads Public Shared Function UrlDecodeToBytes ( _
   ByVal str As String _
) As Byte ( ) 

[ C# ]
public static byte [ ] UrlDecodeToBytes (
   string str
);

[ C++ ]
public: static unsigned char UrlDecodeToBytes (
   String* str
)  __gc [ ];

[ JScript ]
public static function UrlDecodeToBytes (
   str : String
) : Byte [ ];

str

The string to decode.

The decoded array of bytes.

If characters such as blanks and punctuation are passed in an HTTP stream, they might be misinterpreted at the receiving end. URL encoding converts characters that are not allowed in a URL into character-entity equivalents; URL decoding reverses the encoding. For example, when embedded in a block of text to be transmitted in a URL, the characters < and > are encoded as %3c and %3d.

HttpUtility Members   HttpUtility.UrlDecodeToBytes Overload List

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