Javascript query string error '=' comes out as %26

Question

Any idea why this query string comes out like the one below?

var requestData = $('#txtCity').val() + ',' + $('#txtCountry').val() + '&APPID=e142d6277e3108bf30a12ab09c98ce6f';

http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=London%2CUK%26APPID%3De142d6277e3108bf30a12ab09c98ce6f

where txtCity is London and txtCountry is UK?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6182356/what-is-2c-in-an-url — Pimmol, Apr 06 '16 at 10:49
The & is what's coming out as %26 and it's because you're url encoding it — Matthew Mcveigh, Apr 06 '16 at 10:49
What I feel is googling your issue beforehand is easier then posting it on Stackoverflow? — void, Apr 06 '16 at 10:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '16 at 10:52

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This is URL Encoded. Certain characters will be encoded/escaped to a % followed by 2 hex characters as these have special meaning in a URL string. The following can be found in your string

%2C is a comma (,)
%26 is an ampersand (&)
%3D is an equal sign (=)

answered Apr 06 '16 at 10:52

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How do I prevent this from happening – Lewis Smith Apr 06 '16 at 11:06
why do you want to prevent it? you could decode it using `decodeURI` method – Easwar Raju Apr 06 '16 at 11:09

Javascript query string error '=' comes out as %26

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