JQuery How to extract value from href tag?

Question

I am new to JQuery.

If I have the following tag. What is the best JQuery method to extract the value for \"page\" from the href.

Answer 1

Here's a method that works by transforming the querystring into JSON...

var link = $('a').attr('href');

if (link.indexOf("?") != -1) {
    var query = link.split("?")[1];

    eval("query = {" + query.replace(/&/ig, "\",").replace(/=/ig, ":\"") + "\"};");

    if (query.page)
        alert(unescape(query.page));
    else
        alert('No page parameter');

} else {
    alert('No querystring');
}

I'd go with a library like the others suggest though... =)