var url = encodeURIComponent('url');
/* There are 11 characters which are not encoded by encodeURI,
but encoded by encodeURIComponent. */
encodeURI("test uri");
// "test%20uri"
encodeURI("test uri");
// "test%20uri"
encodeURI("test uri/with a slash");
// "test%20uri/with%20a%20slash"
encodeURIComponent("test uri/with a slash");
// "test%20uri%2Fwith%20a%20slash"
Check out the built-in function encodeURIComponent(str) and encodeURI(str).
In your case, this should work:
var myOtherUrl =
"http://example.com/index.html?url=" + encodeURIComponent(myUrl);
encodeURIComponent('')