URL decode (urldecode)

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Description

Decodes the given URL, replacing each escape sequence with the character that represents. An escape sequence is formed by a % followed by the hex value of a character.

How does it work in the search window?

Select Create column in the search window toolbar, then select the URL decode operation. You need to specify one argument:

Argument	Data type

Argument	Data type
URL ^mandatory	string

The data type of the values in the new column is string.

Example

We want to decode the URLs in our referralUri column. To do it, click Create column and select the URL decode operation. The arguments needed are:

URL - referralUri column

Click Create column and you will see the following result:

How does it work in LINQ?

Use the operator select... as... and add the operation syntax to create the new column. This is the syntax for the URL decode operation:

urldecode(uri_string)

Example

You can copy the following LINQ script and try the above example on the demo.ecommerce.data table.

from demo.ecommerce.data
select urldecode(referralUri) as URL_decode

How does it work in LINQ?

Use the operator select... as... and add the operation syntax to create the new column. This is the syntax for the URL decode operation:

urldecode(uri_string)