jQuery encodeURI for href not working

Question

I'm having problems encoding a string so I can place a variable into a link. I'm sure this is really simple, but i had trouble turning anything up.

$("a.inquiry").attr("href", "/inquiry/6933/text=" + encodeURI("text o"));

This doesn't work.

encodeURI("text o")

Still returns:

link/text o

Instead of:

link/text%20

Also tried:

$("a.inquiry").attr("href", encodeURIComponent("/inquiry/6933/text=" + "text o"));

As you tagged this question with *encodeuricomponent*, haven’t you tried that? — Gumbo, Sep 07 '10 at 15:28
encodeURIComponent should work. I've tried the sample you've provided and it seems working. Look at http://jsfiddle.net/XdJCM/. — Zafer, Sep 07 '10 at 15:39

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 07 '10 at 15:24

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Try with encodeURIComponent instead.

answered Sep 07 '10 at 15:24

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that does work either ;-( either its not working or something else I'm doing is undoing the encoding afterwards? – holden Sep 07 '10 at 15:34
@holden: It could be so, `encodeURIComponent` has worked for me always. – Sarfraz Sep 07 '10 at 15:36
not working with me also, actually working with comma but not for spaces – Govind Singh Feb 26 '14 at 12:48

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 05 '12 at 03:53

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I thought I was having the same problem, but then I realized I was looking at the results in both the mouseOver of the resulting link and in the address bar after clicking the link. It turns out that my browser was showing the spaces in both cases - i.e. when I copied the URI out of the address bar and pasted it in emacs the %20 revealed itself.

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answered Dec 06 '11 at 02:36

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Wow, this was the solution for me too. – user3761308 Jun 20 '17 at 14:25

jQuery encodeURI for href not working

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