escape Function (JavaScript)

The required charString argument is any String object or literal to be encoded.

The escape function returns a string value (in Unicode format) that contains the contents of charstring. All spaces, punctuation, accented characters, and any other non-ASCII characters are replaced with %xx encoding, where xx is equivalent to the hexadecimal number representing the character. For example, a space is returned as "%20."

Characters with a value greater than 255 are stored using the %uxxxx format.

Note
The escape function should not be used to encode Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). Use encodeURI and encodeURIComponent functions instead.

Applies To: Global Object (JavaScript)

Supported in the following document modes: Quirks, Internet Explorer 6 standards, Internet Explorer 7 standards, Internet Explorer 8 standards, Internet Explorer 9 standards. See Version Information.

Reference