RosettaCodeData/Task/URL-decoding/AWK/url-decoding-1.awk

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Awk

# syntax:
awk '
BEGIN {
str = "http%3A%2F%2Ffoo%20bar%2F" # "http://foo bar/"
printf("%s\n",str)
len=length(str)
for (i=1;i<=len;i++) {
if ( substr(str,i,1) == "%") {
L = substr(str,1,i-1) # chars to left of "%"
M = substr(str,i+1,2) # 2 chars to right of "%"
R = substr(str,i+3) # chars to right of "%xx"
str = sprintf("%s%c%s",L,hex2dec(M),R)
}
}
printf("%s\n",str)
exit(0)
}
function hex2dec(s, num) {
num = index("0123456789ABCDEF",toupper(substr(s,length(s)))) - 1
sub(/.$/,"",s)
return num + (length(s) ? 16*hex2dec(s) : 0)
} '