C++ URL encode/decode (gb2312)

char Dec2HexChar(short int n) 
{
    if ( 0 <= n && n <= 9 ) {
        return char( short('0') + n );
    } else if ( 10 <= n && n <= 15 ) {
        return char( short('A') + n - 10 );
    } else {
        return char(0);
    }
}

short int HexChar2Dec(char c)
{
    if ( '0'<=c && c<='9' ) {
        return short(c-'0');
    } else if ( 'a'<=c && c<='f' ) {
        return ( short(c-'a') + 10 );
    } else if ( 'A'<=c && c<='F' ) {
        return ( short(c-'A') + 10 );
    } else {
        return -1;
    }
}

string EncodeURL(const string &URL)
{
    string strResult = "";
    for ( unsigned int i=0; i<URL.size(); i++ )
    {
        char c = URL[i];
        if (
            ( '0'<=c && c<='9' ) ||
            ( 'a'<=c && c<='z' ) ||
            ( 'A'<=c && c<='Z' ) ||
            c=='/' || c=='.'
            ) {
                strResult += c;
        } 
        else 
        {
            int j = (short int)c;
            if ( j < 0 )
            {
                j += 256;
            }
            int i1, i0;
            i1 = j / 16;
            i0 = j - i1*16;
            strResult += '%';
            strResult += Dec2HexChar(i1);
            strResult += Dec2HexChar(i0);
        }
    }

    return strResult;
}

std::string DecodeURL(const std::string &URL)
{
    string result = "";
    for ( unsigned int i=0; i<URL.size(); i++ ) 
    {
        char c = URL[i];
        if ( c != '%' ) 
        {
            result += c;
        } 
        else 
        {
            char c1 = URL[++i];
            char c0 = URL[++i];
            int num = 0;
            num += HexChar2Dec(c1) * 16 + HexChar2Dec(c0);
            result += char(num);
        }
    }

    return result;
}