hi all,
I found this function in the source page of google search page by chance. Is it a core javascrip function??
Anyway I coudn't find it in any javascript ebook I've got nor in
msdn javascript refrence(I was worried if it's another IE's feature).
Can I use it freely everywhere and be sure it works fine on any browser?

As far as I know it's a Microsoft addition to JavaScript. You could implement it yourself.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Actually, it's part of ECMAScript 3rd Edition, along with encodeURI, decodeURI, and decodeURIComponent. Be careful, because encodeURI and encodeURIComponent act differently: encodeURI won't encode question marks (?), equals(=), or ampersands (&); encodeURIComponent encodes everything in a URL.


Nicholas C. Zakas
Author, Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN 0764579088)
http://www.nczonline.net/

Unusually :) the Microsoft documentation is wrong on this as it does not appear in the list of ECMAScript methods in the MSDN library. I'm glad it is standardised though, do any other browsers support it besides IE 5.5 and greater?

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Okay, I looked at Nicholas C. Zakas' book as mentioned in his post above and according to that it's available in modern mozilla style browsers as well as IE.


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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

You got it. Most modern browsers support it. I believe that IE 5.5 was the last to implement it.

It's always fun to check out ECMA-262 for more details: http://www.ecma-international.org/pu...s/Ecma-262.htm

Lots of good information in there if you can slog through it. It's a bit wordy and can be hard to follow at times, but it definitely gives you good insight into JavaScript.

Nicholas C. Zakas
Author, Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN 0764579088)
http://www.nczonline.net/