Removing plus signs from URL query string

[Gene Kelley]

This has got to be an easy one, but I'm just not getting it.

The following function (below) returns name=value pairs from URL queries
(GET). All is working as expected, but I am trying to figure out how to
remove the + (plus signs) from the values that contain spaces.

I'm trying to use the String Object's replace() method to accomplish this.

This is what I've tried so far along with the results:

value.replace(' +', ' ') = first and only first occurrence of + is
replaced

value.replace(' +'/g, ' ') = error: "g is not defined"

value.replace(/ /g, ' ') = doesn't replace any + with a space

value.replace(' '/g, ' ') = error: "g is not defined"

value.replace(/' '/g, ' ') = doesn't replace any + with a space

function getArgs() {
var args = new Object();
var query = location.search .substring(1); // Get query string
var pairs = query.split("&" ); // Break at ampersand

for(var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
var pos = pairs[i].indexOf('='); // Look for "name=value "
if (pos == -1) continue; // If not found, skip
var argname = pairs[i].substring(0,po s); // Extract the name
var value = pairs[i].substring(pos+ 1); // Extract the value
value = decodeURICompon ent(value); // Decode it, if needed
value = value.replace(/+/g, ' '); // replace plus with space
args[argname] = value; // Store as a property
}
return args;
}


I'm running out of ideas. ?? Can anyone guide me in the right direction?

Thanks all...


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Gene Kelley
Villa Ridge, Missouri, USA

[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

Re: Removing plus signs from URL query string

* Gene Kelley wrote in comp.lang.javas cript:

>value.replac e(/ /g, ' ') = doesn't replace any + with a space

Well of course it does not, you are not searching for "+" at all. Use

value.replace(/\+/g, ' ');

instead.
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