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\title{Encode or Decode a (partial) URL}
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\title{Encode or Decode a (partial) URL}
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\description{
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\description{
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  Functions to encode or decode characters in URLs.
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  Functions to encode or decode characters in URLs.
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}
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}
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\usage{
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\usage{
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URLencode(UR, reserved = FALSE)
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URLencode(URL, reserved = FALSE)
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URLdecode(URL)
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URLdecode(URL)
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}
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}
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\arguments{
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\arguments{
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  \item{URL}{A character string.}
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  \item{URL}{A character string.}
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  \item{reserved}{should reserved characters be encoded? See Details.}
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  \item{reserved}{should reserved characters be encoded? See Details.}
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  Characters in a URL other than the English alphanumeric characters and
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  Characters in a URL other than the English alphanumeric characters and
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  \code{$ - _ . + ! * ' ( ) ,} should be encoded as \code{\%}
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  \code{$ - _ . + ! * ' ( ) ,} should be encoded as \code{\%}
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  plus a two-digit hexadecimal representation, and any single-byte
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  plus a two-digit hexadecimal representation, and any single-byte
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  character can be so encoded. (Multi-byte characters are encoded as
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  character can be so encoded. (Multi-byte characters are encoded as
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  byte-by-byte.)
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  byte-by-byte.)
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  In addition, \code{; / ? : @ = &} are reserved characters, and should
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  In addition, \code{; / ? : @ = &} are reserved characters, and should
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  be encoded unless used in their reserved sense, which is scheme
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  be encoded unless used in their reserved sense, which is scheme
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  specific.  The default in \code{URLencode} is to leave them alone, which
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  specific.  The default in \code{URLencode} is to leave them alone, which
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  is appropriate for \code{file://} URLs, but probably not for
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  is appropriate for \code{file://} URLs, but probably not for
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  \code{http://} ones.
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  \code{http://} ones.