RosettaCodeData/Task/URL-encoding/REXX/url-encoding-2.rexx

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/*REXX program encodes a URL text, blanks ──► +, preserves -._* and -._~ */
url.=; url.1= 'http://foo bar/'
url.2= 'mailto:"Ivan Aim" <ivan.aim@email.com>'
url.3= 'mailto:"Irma User" <irma.user@mail.com>'
url.4= 'http://foo.bar.com/~user-name/_subdir/*~.html'
do j=1 while url.j\==''; say
say ' original: ' url.j
say ' encoded: ' URLencode(url.j)
end /*j*/
exit /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */
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URLencode: procedure; parse arg $,,z; t1= '-._~' /*get args, null Z.*/
skip=0; t2= '-._*'
do k=1 for length($); _=substr($, k, 1) /*get a character. */
if skip\==0 then do; skip=skip-1 /*skip t1 or t2 ? */
iterate /*skip a character.*/
end
select
when datatype(_, 'A') then z=z || _ /*is alphanumeric ?*/
when _==' ' then z=z'+' /*is it a blank ?*/
when substr($, k, 4)==t1 |, /*is it t1 or t2 ?*/
substr($, k, 4)==t2 then do; skip=3 /*skip 3 characters*/
z=z || substr($, k, 4)
end
otherwise z=z'%'c2x(_) /*special character*/
end /*select*/
end /*k*/
return z