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Return URL Paramater Value
/* Returns URL parameter
* url: http://www.somesite.com?name=hello&id=11111
* z = gup('name'); // z = hello; s = string, or leave blank to target window location
* Original code from Netlobo.com (http://www.netlobo.com/url_query_string_javascript.html)
*/
function gup(n,s){
n = n.replace(/[\[]/,"\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\]");
var p = (new RegExp("[\\?&]"+n+"=([^&#]*)")).exec(s || window.location.href);
return (p===null) ? "" : p[1];
}
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Mottie commented Nov 16, 2013

Thanks @sindresorhus! I've already found it useful! :)

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