File.encode

String encode (String name)

Parameters

name	The string to encode.

Description

Encodes a string as required by RFC 2396, and returns the encoded string.

All special characters are encoded in UTF-8 and stored as escaped characters starting with the percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits. For example, the string “my file” is encoded as “my%20file”. Special characters are those with a numeric value greater than 127, except the following: / - _ . ! ~ * ‘ ( ) See also?encodeURI().