I'm wondering if anyone can explain this function to me? I've tested it and it works like a dream but I don't understand how!
It's from the MDN reference here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent
function fixedEncodeURIComponent (str) {
return encodeURIComponent(str).replace(/[!'()]/g, escape).replace(/\*/g, "%2A");
}
I understand replace as the match followed by the replacement, what I am struggling with is the escape reference and the secondary replacement which results in actual encode values replacing characters e.g. ( = %28 and )= %29.