Displaying URL Parameters

[wispas]

I have a page with a link:

<a href="grab.html?myParameter=hotel">Show me the Parameter</a>

 

On 'grab.html' i want to display the 'myParameter' prameter which should be "hotel"

 

Can anyone show me howi can display the parameter from the URL please.

Thanks!

[Adam]

There's no native support for this in JavaScript, however it has a property within the window.location object called search. You can use regex to match() and return the needed part of the string:

 

var myParameter = window.location.search.match(/myParameter\=([^&]+)/)[1];

 

If this is something you plan to use multiple times I'd convert it into a function.