doing substring in [removed].hash

Question

Somehow window.location.hash is being handled differently in different browsers. If I have a url as follows

http://maps-demo.bytecraft.com.my/postdemo/parcel         


        

Answer 1

You could just use window.location.href instead of hash but why not use regex? More reliable and future-safe than a method based on substringing from character N. Try:

window.location.href.match(/#parcel\/history\/(.*?)(\?|$)/)[1]

Regex isn't the right answer all the time, but sometimes it's just right.

Edit: cleaned up method encapsulation

function GetValue()
{
    var m = window.location.href.match(/#parcel\/history\/(.*?)(\?|$)/);
    return m ? m[1] : null;
}