getting URL parameters in javascript

this is an easy way to get URL parms in jscript:

copied from here

function getUrlVars()

{
        var vars = [], hash;
        var hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf(’?’) + 1).split(’&’);
        for(var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++)
        {
                hash = hashes\[i\].split(’=’);
                vars.push(hash\[0\]);
                vars[hash[0\]\] = hash[1\];
        }
        return vars;

}


	
alert (‘one is equal to ‘ + getUrlVars()[‘ThisIsAParameterForYou’] );  //  easy!