script.unescapeControlCharacters

Replaces Unicode escape sequences in a string with the characters they represent. For example, \u000a becomes a newline. Use it to restore text escaped with script.escapeControlCharacters.

It converts every sequence in the form \uXXXX, not only those for control characters.

script.unescapeControlCharacters(input)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
input	string	The string to unescape.

Returns

string

The string with its escape sequences converted to characters.

Examples

unescapeControlCharacters.js

const original = script.unescapeControlCharacters("Line one\\u000aLine two");

Result

Line one
Line two

Related

• script.escapeControlCharacters