urlEncode()

`urlEncode()`

URL-encodes the contents of a string field.

Function Traits: FieldComputationFunction, Transformation

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`as`	string	optional	`_urlencode`	Name of output field.
`field`^[a]	string	required		The name of the input field with the value to url-encode.
`type`	string	optional		Type of encoding
^[a]The argument name `field` can be omitted.

The parameter name for field can be omitted; the following forms are equivalent:

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urlEncode("value")

and:

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urlEncode(field="value")

With an event with a field Bar=https://www.example.com, you get https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com in the _urlencode field

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urlEncode("Bar")

With an event with a field Bar=https://www.example.com, you get https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com in the Foo field

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Foo:=urlEncode("Bar")

With an event with a field Bar=https://www.example.com, you get https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com in the Foo field

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urlEncode("Bar", as="Foo")