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  <RefEntryTitle>url-encode-string</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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  <RefName>url-encode-string</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>Returns str with all special characters %-encoded</RefPurpose>
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<RefSynopsisDiv><Title>Synopsis</Title>
<Synopsis>
(url-encode-string str)
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<RefSect1><Title>Description</Title>

<para>
Converts <literal>str</literal> to a properly encoded URL string.  Returns str unchanged
if it is not a string.</para>


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<RefSect1><Title>Author</Title>

<para>
Norman Walsh, &lt;ndw@nwalsh.com&gt;
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(define (url-encode-string str)
  ;; Returns str with all special characters %-encoded
  (if (string? str)
      (let loop ((charlist (string->list str)) (url ""))
	(if (null? charlist)
	    url
	    (loop (cdr charlist) 
		  (string-append url (url-encode-char (car charlist))))))
      str))
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