[Javascript] Reading a variable from the URL

[Paul Novitski]

At 7/17/2007 06:25 AM, Terry Riegel wrote:
>I am working on a simple slideshow. The page will be static with 
>javascript added for interactivity. I would like to read the URL do 
>determine what image is the current image. For example the static page is.
...
>/sites/thebrowns/photos/200707/id200707030607.html?image=5
>
>Since it is static I would like my javascript to parse the URL and 
>set image to 5.


Like others, I use the string method split() to accomplish 
this.  First split on '?' to isolate the querystring (if any) in 
array[1], then split on '&' to separate the arg-value pairs (if any), 
then split each of those on '=' to separate each parameter and its value.

Regards,

Paul
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Paul Novitski
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