JavaScript: decodeURI function

Description

The decodeURI is used to decode a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), previously created by encodeURI or by a similar routine.

Syntax

decodeURI(encodedURI)

Parameters

encodedURI: A complete, encoded Uniform Resource Identifier.

Example of decodeURI Functions

The following web document decode a specified string using the decodeURI() function. The string was previously encoded by encodeURI() function.

JavaScript Code:

str1 = "https://www.w3resource.com/javascript%20tutorial.html";
console.log(str1);
str2 = decodeURI("https://www.w3resource.com/javascript tutorial.html");
console.log("After using decodeURI function : "+str2);

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Live demo:

See the Pen decodeURI-function-1 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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