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====== URL_DECODE ====== 
===== Description =====  
Converts a string that was encoded for use in a URL (see URL_ENCODE) back to normal text
===== Syntax =====

''URL_DECODE (text)''

Cannot be used in the condition of a [[:ref:a_f:a:find|FIND]] action.

===== Parameters =====  
Attribute of the Plain Text type or string constant or calculation producing text
===== Returns =====

**Text**: the URL-decoded form of the text.

===== Example =====  
<code aim>Object.Text = URL_DECODE (Object.EncodedText) </code>
For example, ''URL_DECODE (%%'%%John%20Smith%%'%%)'' returns ''%%'%%John Smith%%'%%''.

===== Related =====

[[ref:a_f:f:af:url_encode|URL_ENCODE]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:url_contents|URL_CONTENTS]]