punycode_to_string()

Decodes input string from punycode form. The string shouldn't contain the initial xn--, and must contain only ASCII characters.

Syntax

punycode_to_string('input_string')

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Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
input_string	string	✔️	A string to be decoded from punycode form. The function accepts one string argument.

Returns

• Returns a string that represents the original, decoded string.
• Returns an empty result if decoding failed.

Example

Run the query

 print decoded = punycode_to_string('acadmie-franaise-npb1a')

decoded
académie-française

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• Use punycode_from_string() to encode a string to punycode form.