How do I always chop off both query string and "#" from document.location.href?

**McKirahan** · Jul 23 '05, 02:46 PM

Re: How do I always chop off both query string and "#&quot ; from document.locati on.href?

"Phil Powell" <phillip.s.powe ll@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:b5476f2f.0 410181330.21c82 f39@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
>

Code:

> if (document.location.href.indexOf('?') >= 0) document.location.href
> = document.location.href.substring(0,
> document.location.href.indexOf('?'));
>
> if (document.location.href.indexOf('#') >= 0) {
> document.location.href = document.location.href.substring(0,
> document.location.href.indexOf('#')) + '?' + newUrl;
> } else {
> document.location.href = document.location.href + '?' + newUrl;
> }
>
>

>
> I thought this would simply and always remove the query string and the
> "#" from a URL, however, it does not. Using alert() proves the query
> string and the "#" is still embedded within the URL, furthermore, it
> tacks on the query string on top of itself time and time again each
> time this snippet is done upon a user click.
>
> All I want to do is do "document.locat ion.href" and chop off the query
> string and "#" before it redirects in Javascript.
>
> Thanx
> Phil[/color]

Will this work for you?

var href = document.locati on.href;
href = href.substring( 0,href.indexOf( "?"));
href = href.substring( 0,href.indexOf( "#"));
alert(href);

**J. J. Cale** · Jul 23 '05, 02:47 PM

Re: How do I always chop off both query string and "#&quot ; from document.locati on.href?

"Phil Powell" <phillip.s.powe ll@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:b5476f2f.0 410181330.21c82 f39@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
>

Code:

> if (document.location.href.indexOf('?') >= 0) document.location.href
> = document.location.href.substring(0,
> document.location.href.indexOf('?'));[/color]

you may need to assign document.location.href to a variable
var str = document.location.href;
alert (document.location.href.substring(0,
document.location.href.indexOf('?')));
in IE5 this returns 'file///mypath/href.htm'
check this out. You can name it anything you want. I used href.htm for the
test.

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<br><br><br>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert('document.location.href = '+document.location.href);
var queryString = 'duh', url = 'href.htm?duh';
// using your code to assign value to str
var str = document.location.href.substring(0,
document.location.href.indexOf('?'));
// check to see if you've pressed the button and sent a query string
if(document.location.search) {
//  if so toggle the query string
document.location.search.indexOf('duh') != -1?queryString =
'wow':queryString = 'duh';
alert ('Your code produces '+str+'\n\nClick again to see it change');
url = str+'?'+queryString;
}
</script>
<button onclick = "document.location.href=url">Click to get new href with
query</button>
</BODY></HTML>
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> if (document.location.href.indexOf('#') >= 0) {
> document.location.href = document.location.href.substring(0,
> document.location.href.indexOf('#')) + '?' + newUrl;
> } else {
> document.location.href = document.location.href + '?' + newUrl;
> }
>
>

>
> I thought this would simply and always remove the query string and the
> "#" from a URL, however, it does not. Using alert() proves the query
> string and the "#" is still embedded within the URL, furthermore, it
> tacks on the query string on top of itself time and time again each
> time this snippet is done upon a user click.
>
> All I want to do is do "document.locat ion.href" and chop off the query
> string and "#" before it redirects in Javascript.
>
> Thanx
> Phil[/color]

Hope it helps.
Jimbo

**Philip Ronan** · Jul 23 '05, 02:47 PM

Re: How do I always chop off both query string and "#&quot ; fromdocument.lo cation.href?

Am I missing something here?

What's wrong with "location.pathn ame"?

--
Philip Ronan
phil.ronanzzz@v irgin.net
(Please remove the "z"s if replying by email)

**McKirahan** · Jul 23 '05, 02:47 PM

Re: How do I always chop off both query string and "#&quot ; fromdocument.lo cation.href?

"Philip Ronan" <phil.ronanzzz@ virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Am I missing something here?
>
> What's wrong with "location.pathn ame"?
>
> --
> Philip Ronan
> phil.ronanzzz@v irgin.net
> (Please remove the "z"s if replying by email)
>[/color]

Don't you mean:

location.protoc ol + "//" + location.host + location.pathna me

**Philip Ronan** · Jul 23 '05, 02:47 PM

Re: How do I always chop off both query string and "#"fr omdocument.loca tion.href?

McKirahan wrote:
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> "Philip Ronan" <phil.ronanzzz@ virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:BD9AE7DD.2 406E%phil.ronan zzz@virgin.net. ..[color=green]
>>
>> What's wrong with "location.pathn ame"?[/color]
>
> Don't you mean:
>
> location.protoc ol + "//" + location.host + location.pathna me[/color]

Uhh, yeah. If you want an absolute URL.

What's the purpose of all this "document.locat ion.href.indexO f('?')" stuff?

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Philip Ronan
phil.ronanzzz@v irgin.net
(Please remove the "z"s if replying by email)

**McKirahan** · Jul 23 '05, 02:47 PM

Re: How do I always chop off both query string and "#"fr omdocument.loca tion.href?

"Philip Ronan" <phil.ronanzzz@ virgin.net> wrote in message
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> McKirahan wrote:
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> > "Philip Ronan" <phil.ronanzzz@ virgin.net> wrote in message
> > news:BD9AE7DD.2 406E%phil.ronan zzz@virgin.net. ..[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> What's wrong with "location.pathn ame"?[/color]
> >
> > Don't you mean:
> >
> > location.protoc ol + "//" + location.host + location.pathna me[/color]
>
> Uhh, yeah. If you want an absolute URL.
>
> What's the purpose of all this "document.locat ion.href.indexO f('?')"[/color]
stuff?[color=blue]
>
> --
> Philip Ronan
> phil.ronanzzz@v irgin.net
> (Please remove the "z"s if replying by email)
>[/color]

I screwed up. It should have been:

var href = document.locati on.href;
if (href.indexOf(" ?") > 0) href = href.substring( 0,href.indexOf( "?"));
if (href.indexOf(" #") > 0) href = href.substring( 0,href.indexOf( "#"));
alert(href);

Just a variation of what the OP that works.

**Phil Powell** · Jul 23 '05, 03:02 PM

Re: How do I always chop off both query string and "#&quot ; from document.locati on.href?

Philip Ronan <phil.ronanzzz@ virgin.net> wrote in message news:<BD9AE7DD. 2406E%phil.rona nzzz@virgin.net >...[color=blue]
> Am I missing something here?
>
> What's wrong with "location.pathn ame"?[/color]

That didn't work either. I gave up and did a server-side solution
instead a bit more elaborate but functions. This was something I
don't think I could ever tackle.

Phil

**Phil Powell** · Jul 23 '05, 03:02 PM

Re: How do I always chop off both query string and "#&quot ; from document.locati on.href?

"J. J. Cale" <photom@netvisi on.net.il> wrote in message news:<41752392$ 1@news.012.net. il>...[color=blue]
> "Phil Powell" <phillip.s.powe ll@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:b5476f2f.0 410181330.21c82 f39@posting.goo gle.com...[color=green]
> >

Code:

> > if (document.location.href.indexOf('?') >= 0) document.location.href
> > = document.location.href.substring(0,
> > document.location.href.indexOf('?'));[/color]
>
> you may need to assign document.location.href to a variable
> var str = document.location.href;
> alert (document.location.href.substring(0,
> document.location.href.indexOf('?')));
> in IE5 this returns 'file///mypath/href.htm'
> check this out. You can name it anything you want. I used href.htm for the
> test.[/color]

I tried the same thing, to no avail.  In Firefox it still bombed out
and never redirected because, for some reason, assigning
document.[anything at all] to a variable completely knocks out
redirection and prevents it from ever happening whatsoever.  Assigning
to a variable fails.

This is what I have so far and it will never work with a query string;
without one it's just fine and puts one on there.  If a query string
is found it redirects to the wrong URL (a URL w/o a query string) but
then goes back to the RIGHT URL if you click again.

[CODE]
if (document.location.href.indexOf('?') >= 0) document.location.href
= document.location.href.substring(0,
document.location.href.indexOf('?'));

if (document.location.href.indexOf('#') >= 0) {
document.location.href = document.location.href.substring(0,
document.location.href.indexOf('#')) + '?' + newUrl;
} else {
document.location.href += '?' + newUrl + additionalQS;
}

Phil
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>
> <HTML><HEAD><TI TLE></TITLE></HEAD>
> <BODY>
> <br><br><br>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> alert('document .location.href = '+document.loca tion.href);
> var queryString = 'duh', url = 'href.htm?duh';
> // using your code to assign value to str
> var str = document.locati on.href.substri ng(0,
> document.locati on.href.indexOf ('?'));
> // check to see if you've pressed the button and sent a query string
> if(document.loc ation.search) {
> // if so toggle the query string
> document.locati on.search.index Of('duh') != -1?queryString =
> 'wow':queryStri ng = 'duh';
> alert ('Your code produces '+str+'\n\nClic k again to see it change');
> url = str+'?'+querySt ring;
> }
> </script>
> <button onclick = "document.locat ion.href=url">C lick to get new href with
> query</button>
> </BODY></HTML>
>[color=green]
> > if (document.locat ion.href.indexO f('#') >= 0) {
> > document.locati on.href = document.locati on.href.substri ng(0,
> > document.locati on.href.indexOf ('#')) + '?' + newUrl;
> > } else {[/color]
> document.locati on.href = document.locati on.href + '?' + newUrl;[color=green]
> > }
> >
> > [/CODE]
> >
> > I thought this would simply and always remove the query string and the
> > "#" from a URL, however, it does not. Using alert() proves the query
> > string and the "#" is still embedded within the URL, furthermore, it
> > tacks on the query string on top of itself time and time again each
> > time this snippet is done upon a user click.
> >
> > All I want to do is do "document.locat ion.href" and chop off the query
> > string and "#" before it redirects in Javascript.
> >
> > Thanx
> > Phil[/color]
>
> Hope it helps.
> Jimbo[/color]

How do I always chop off both query string and "#" from document.location.href?

How do I always chop off both query string and "#" from document.location.href?

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