Does it handle + as a space?

Yes — query strings commonly encode a space as +, so both + and %20 decode to a space.

What if the input is malformed?

It tells you a % isn't followed by two hex digits, rather than silently returning the input unchanged.

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URL Decode

Decode percent-encoded URL text back to readable form.

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Worked example

Input

a%20b%26c

Output

a b&c

This example is one of URL Decode's test cases — if the tool stopped producing this output, the build would fail.

Questions

Does it handle + as a space?: Yes — query strings commonly encode a space as +, so both + and %20 decode to a space.
What if the input is malformed?: It tells you a % isn't followed by two hex digits, rather than silently returning the input unchanged.

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