Language Java Script Definitive Examples 13.2.TXT

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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1">
// location.search has a question mark at the beginning, 
// so we call substring() to get rid of it.
var argstr =index.html location.search.substring(1, location.search.length)

// Assuming that the arguments are passed in a comma-separated list, we
// can break them into an array with this line.  (Using an ampersand to
// separate arguments is another common URL convention.)
var args = argstr.split(',');

// Now we can use the arguments however we want.  This example just 
// prints them out.  We use the unescape() function in case the arguments
// include escaped characters (like spaces and punctuation) that are 
// illegal in URLs.  (See escape() and unescape() functions for details.)
for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
    document.write(unescape(args[i]) + "<BR>");
</SCRIPT>

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