System.Web Namespace   HttpUtility Class

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Converts a URL-encoded array of bytes into a decoded array of bytes, starting at the specified position in the array and continuing for the specified number of bytes.

[ VB ]
Overloads Public Shared Function UrlDecodeToBytes ( _
   ByVal bytes ( ) As Byte, _
   ByVal offset As Integer, _
   ByVal count As Integer _
) As Byte ( ) 

[ C# ]
public static byte [ ] UrlDecodeToBytes (
   byte [ ] bytes,
   int offset,
   int count
);

[ C++ ]
public: static unsigned char UrlDecodeToBytes (
   unsigned char bytes __gc [ ],
   int offset,
   int count
)  __gc [ ];

[ JScript ]
public static function UrlDecodeToBytes (
   bytes : Byte [ ],
   offset : int,
   count : int
) : Byte [ ];

bytes

The array of bytes to decode.

offset

The position in the byte array to begin decoding.

count

The number of bytes to decode, starting at offset.

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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