Uri.EscapeDataString Method
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Converts a string to its escaped representation.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
'Declaration Public Shared Function EscapeDataString ( _ stringToEscape As String _ ) As String
Parameters
- stringToEscape
- Type: System.String
The string to escape.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | stringToEscape is Nothing. |
| UriFormatException | The length of stringToEscape exceeds 32766 characters. |
The EscapeDataString method converts all characters except for RFC 2396 unreserved characters to their hexadecimal representation. All Unicode characters are converted to UTF-8 format before being escaped.
This method assumes that stringToEscape has no escape sequences in it.
The string is escaped according to RFC 3986. See this RFC for a definition of reserved and unreserved characters.