// JavaScript Document

//Source: http://www.netlobo.com/url_query_string_javascript.html
//Published Aug 17, 2006 by lobo235
//Last updated on Jul 3, 2007

//Example URL: http://www.foo.com/index.html?bob=123&frank=321&tom=213#top
//Implementation: var frank_param = gup('frank');

//Pages using this script: search.shtml

function gup(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 URLDecode(results[1]); NOTE: Still working to get this to work
    return results[1];
  }
}

// ====================================================================
// URLDecode functions
//
// Copyright Albion Research Ltd. 2002
// http://www.albionresearch.com/
//
// You may copy these functions providing that 
// (a) you leave this copyright notice intact, and 
// (b) if you use these functions on a publicly accessible
//     web site you include a credit somewhere on the web site 
//     with a link back to http://www.albionresearch.com/
//
// If you find or fix any bugs, please let us know at albionresearch.com
//
// SpecialThanks to Neelesh Thakur for being the first to
// report a bug in URLDecode() - now fixed 2003-02-19.
// And thanks to everyone else who has provided comments and suggestions.
// ====================================================================

function URLDecode(encoded_str) {
   // Replace + with ' '
   // Replace %xx with equivalent character
   // Put [ERROR] in output if %xx is invalid.
   var HEXCHARS = "0123456789ABCDEFabcdef"; 
   var encoded = encoded_str;
   var plaintext = "";
   var i = 0;
   while (i < encoded.length) {
       var ch = encoded.charAt(i);
	   if (ch == "+") {
	       plaintext += " ";
		   i++;
	   } else if (ch == "%") {
			if (i < (encoded.length-2) 
					&& HEXCHARS.indexOf(encoded.charAt(i+1)) != -1 
					&& HEXCHARS.indexOf(encoded.charAt(i+2)) != -1 ) {
				plaintext += unescape( encoded.substr(i,3) );
				i += 3;
			} else {
				alert( 'Bad escape combination near ...' + encoded.substr(i) );
				plaintext += "%[ERROR]";
				i++;
			}
		} else {
		   plaintext += ch;
		   i++;
		}
	} // while
   return plaintext;
};