Gets query string parameters in jQuery

Get URL parameters via jQuery

// Gets query string parameters
$.urlParam = function(name){
    var results = new RegExp('[\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)').exec(window.location.href);
    if(results && results.length > 0) {
      return results[1] || 0;
    }
};

// Example usage
if($.urlParam('screen_grab'))
{
    // trigger click on .thing
    $('.thing').trigger('click');
}