Get a variable from url parameter using Javascript

Question

I am trying to get a url value using javascript, so far I can only get pure numbers, not mixed numbers with letters or just letters. I can\'t find any working examples of a

Answer 1

Your code looks like it should work I use the function below if it helps

 function getParam(name){
    name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
    var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
    var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
    var results = regex.exec (window.location.href);
    if (results == null)
        return "";
        else
        return results[1];  
}

var first = getParam("test");