What is the shortest function for reading a cookie by name in JavaScript?

Question

What is the shortest, accurate, and cross-browser compatible method for reading a cookie in JavaScript?

Very often, while building stand-alone scri

Answer 1

Here is the simplest solution using javascript string functions.

document.cookie.substring(document.cookie.indexOf("COOKIE_NAME"), 
                          document.cookie.indexOf(";", 
                          document.cookie.indexOf("COOKIE_NAME"))).
  substr(COOKIE_NAME.length);