WebUtility.UrlDecodeToBytes Method
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Converts a URL-encoded byte array into a decoded string using the specified encoding object, starting at the specified position in the array, and continuing for the specified number of bytes.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
'Declaration Public Shared Function UrlDecodeToBytes ( _ encodedValue As Byte(), _ offset As Integer, _ count As Integer _ ) As Byte()
Parameters
- encodedValue
- Type:
System.Byte
()
The array of bytes to decode.
- offset
- Type: System.Int32
The position in the byte to begin decoding.
- count
- Type: System.Int32
The number of bytes to decode.
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 %3e.