Getting Parameters from a Hashtag Url

Question

I am trying to get the id from an url that looks like this '#somepage?id=5' the function I am using for this doesn't seem to work the function in question is:

function getParam(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 results[1];
}

is there a way I can modify or replace this function to pull the id from a url as stated above?

Little bit of debugging shows it working if you pass in the hash: http://jsfiddle.net/KbmU8/ most likely `window.location.href` isn't giving you what you want. — Kevin B, May 20 '13 at 15:30
possible duplicate of [How to get the value from URL Parameter?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/979975/how-to-get-the-value-from-url-parameter) — Danubian Sailor, May 20 '13 at 17:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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function getParameterByName(name) {
name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\\]");
var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"),
    results = regex.exec(location.search);
return results == null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}

Javascript code reference

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered May 20 '13 at 15:31

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Note however that your snippet will have the same issue as the OP. the data is stored in the Hash, not the querystring. – Kevin B May 20 '13 at 15:33

Getting Parameters from a Hashtag Url

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