URL Percent String To ASCII

[Hooovahh]

Okay I didn't know how to word this, and maybe that's because I don't know enough about what is going on.  If I enter a URL like "http://Mywebsite.com/Sub Folder/index.html" the space in there between the word Sub and Folder is replaced with a %20.  Likewise if I enter an open parenthesis it is %28, the "&" symbol is %26.

Now I don't know all of the special characters and their conversions, but is there a VI someone has, or one in vi.lib that can convert from these URL percent characters to ASCII text?

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi Hooovahh,

looks like a simple percent sign followed by the hex number of the ASCII char in question…

I guess you already did read the Wikipedia entry on this topic?

[Hooovahh]

Oh for pete's sake.  Thank you.

[dems]

psst, is this what you want?

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361L-01/lvcomm/escape_http_url/

it and its sibling are under the web service palette

[PhillipBrooks]

Since the goal is to convert from a URL to an ASCII string, I think the complement to this function is what he wants:

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361L-01/lvcomm/unescape_http_url/

Unescape HTTP URL VI