How to encode a URL with the special character “percentage”?

Question

I am trying to use the encodeURL method in a jsp to encode a URL with \"%\" symbol.

response.encodeURL(/page1/page2/view.jsp?name=Population of 91% in

Answer 1

The result of your code is :

%2Fpage1%2Fpage2%2Fview.jsp%3Fname%3DPopulation%20of%2091%25%20in%20this%20place

You should encode only the query string value.

... = "/page1/page2/view.jsp?name=" + URLEncoder.encode('Population of 91% in this place');

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