method

escape

Ruby latest stable (v2_5_5) - 0 notes - Class: CGI

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Method deprecated or moved

This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v1_9_3_392) is shown here.

These similar methods exist in v2_5_5:

Regexp#escape
URI::Escape#escape
WEBrick::HTTPUtils#escape
WEBrick::HTMLUtils#escape
WEBrick::AccessLog#escape
Shellwords#escape
WEBrick::HTMLUtils#escape
Gem::UriFormatter#escape
CGI::Util#escape
URI::RFC2396_Parser#escape

escape(string) public

URL-encode a string.

url_encoded_string = CGI::escape("'Stop!' said Fred")
   # => "%27Stop%21%27+said+Fred"

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# File lib/cgi/util.rb, line 6
  def CGI::escape(string)
    string.gsub(/([^ a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)/) do
      '%' + $1.unpack('H2' * $1.bytesize).join('%').upcase
    end.tr(' ', '+')
  end

escape

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Method deprecated or moved