What JavaScript library should I use for parsing URL parameters?

Question

How do I parse URL parameters in JavaScript? (These are the parameters I would ordinarily call GET parameters or CGI parameters, but in this case the page is basically subm

Answer 1

If it's "submitting to itself," do you need to do GET parameters?

But if you do, most browsers now have the decodeURIComponent function which will handle individual parameters; your job is to split them on & (String#split will do that nicely). If you want a library, jQuery and Prototype are both well-used and tested.