Can URL tell jQuery to run a function?

Question

Have a question regarding URL and jQuery.

Can I specify URL to tell jQuery to run a function?

e.g http://www.website.com/about.html?XYZ

to run a func

Answer 1

You can call a globally declared function using the window object:

function bar(str) {
    alert("hello" + str);   
}

// assuming location is "http://example.com?bar"
var fn = window.location.search.replace("?", "");
window[fn](" Dovhakiin"); // 'hello Dovhakiin'