Javascript replace query string + with a space

Question

I'm grabbing the query string parameters and trying to do this:

var hello = unescape(helloQueryString);

and it returns:

this+is+the+string

instead of:

this is the string

Works great if %20's were in there, but it's +'s. Any way to decode these properly so they + signs move to be spaces?

Thanks.

Christian C. Salvadó · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-27 04:30:21Z

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The decodeURIComponent function will handle correctly the decoding:

decodeURIComponent("this%20is%20the%20string"); // "this is the string"

Give a look to the following article:

answered May 27, 2010 at 4:16

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the question is specifically asking about strings with + instead of %20

Kerry Jones · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-27 03:48:43Z

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Adding this line after would work:

hello = hello.replace( '+', ' ' );

answered May 27, 2010 at 3:48

Kerry Jones

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hello = hello.replace(/\+/g, ' ') if you anticipate more spaces between words.

Wouldn't it be better to do (this way you don't get giant gaps of spaces): hello.replace(/\++/, '')