Query String in Javascript

[greyone]

I want to read 2 values passed as a query string which means the values passed after the ? sign. I'm able to read one as follows

ex:if the url is

http://www.hotmail.com?smiley

the followong will alert smily

var varName=location.search.substr(1)
alert(varName)

but dunno how to read 2 or more.

ex:

http://www.hotmail.com?smily?happy

how do i read happy

Please help

 

[jaredn]

http://www.hotmail.com?smily?happy

is not standard form for a querystring. standard form is:

http://www.hotmail.com?smily=yes&happy=no&dopey=yes

if you use standard form, you can use this object to get the values:

/only properly handles querystrings in the following format:
//

http://thepage.htm?mykey1=value1&mykey2=value2

function QSHandler()
{
var i,j,tmparray,strata,prlen
strata = window.location.search
strata = strata.substring(1,strata.length)
if(strata.indexOf('&')>=0)
{
prsarray = strata.split('&')
prlen = prsarray.length
tmparray = new Array()
for(t=j=0;j<prlen;j++)
{
tmparray[t++] = prsarray[j].split('=')[0]
tmparray[t++] = prsarray[j].split('=')[1]
}
}
else
{
tmparray = new Array(strata.split('=')[0],strata.split('=')[1])
}
tlen = tmparray.length
this.data = new Array()
for(i=0;i<tlen;i++)
{
this.data[new String(tmparray)]=tmparray[++i]
}
this.QueryString=function(x)
{
return this.data[x]
}
}
Request = new QSHandler()
//alert(document.cookie)
//document.cookie=&quot;I%%%%Ama}||||cookie!&quot;
</script>
Name:
<script>
//example
document.write(Request.QueryString(&quot;name&quot)
</script> jared@eae.net -

http://webfx.eae.net

 

[greyone]

Hi jaredn
Thanks a lot for that quick reply. I just wanted to know if i could find some sort of reference or help in writing similar functions. I mean some sites which will explain how to create objects and pass them to user defined functions.
Thanks once again

 

[jaredn]

I will be working on a tutorial for this topic at

http://webfx.eae.net/

in the meantime, you can look at:

http://www.webreference.com/js/tips/browse.html?cat=ob&start=1

or just get a copy of Professional Javascript from Wrox publishing jared@eae.net -

http://webfx.eae.net