@stdlib/string/percent-encode/lib/main.js

String manipulation functions.

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* @license Apache-2.0
*
* Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors.
*
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'use strict';

// MODULES //

var isString = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-string' ).isPrimitive;
var format = require( './../../format' );
var base = require( './../../base/percent-encode' );


// MAIN //

/**
* Percent-encodes a UTF-16 encoded string according to [RFC 3986][1].
*
* [1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-2.1
*
* @param {string} str - string to percent-encode
* @throws {TypeError} must provide a string
* @returns {string} percent-encoded string
*
* @example
* var str1 = 'Ladies + Gentlemen';
*
* var str2 = percentEncode( str1 );
* // returns 'Ladies%20%2B%20Gentlemen'
*/
function percentEncode( str ) {
	if ( !isString( str ) ) {
		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Must provide a string. Value: `%s`.', str ) );
	}
	return base( str );
}


// EXPORTS //

module.exports = percentEncode;