escape() and unescape()

The escape() and unescape() built-in Javascript methods encode and unencode strings using percent encoding, where certain characters are replaced by hexadecimal escape sequences.

Baseline Status: This feature is currently Limited and is missing in at least one major browser engine.

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

1

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

1

Supported

Apple Safari

1

Supported

Microsoft Edge

12

Supported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

18

Firefox Android

4

Safari iOS

1

Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

javascript.builtins.escape ↗ javascript.builtins.unescape ↗