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Created December 21, 2011 17:33
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Retrieve HTTP Get parameter from URL
/**
* Parse URL and retrieve a GET parameter
*
* @param variable Name of variable to retrieve from URL
* @returns Value of the variable or null if not present
*
* from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/827368/use-the-get-paramater-of-the-url-in-javascript
*/
function getQueryVariable(variable) {
var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
var vars = query.split("&");
for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
var pair = vars[i].split("=");
if (pair[0] == variable) {
return pair[1];
}
}
return null;
}
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