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Get Parameter from URL and use it in dictionary

i have basically 0 programming experience. So here is my question. I am Using a JS to get some Parameters from URL and use it with the HTML, and it works.
This is the code:
function qs(search_for) {
var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
var parms = query.split('&');
for (var i=0; i<parms.length; i++) {
var pos = parms[i].indexOf('=');
if (pos > 0 && search_for == parms[i].substring(0,pos)) {
return parms[i].substring(pos+1);;
}
}
return "";
}
and in HTML
<script type="text/javascript">document.write(qs("name"));</script>
Now, let's say I want to use the Value of the Parameters to generate a specific Text on the page. But I do not want to use the Parameter itself, but rather use a kind of Dictionary, to match a Parameter to a String.
for Example
a1 : "Good morning"
b2 : "Good evening"
I have tried something linke this, with no success, can someone help?:
function qs(search_for) {
var dict = {}
dict[a1] = "Good morning";
dict[b2] = "Good evening";
var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
var parms = query.split('&');
for (var i=0; i<parms.length; i++) {
var pos = parms[i].indexOf('=');
if (pos > 0 && search_for == parms[i].substring(0,pos)) {
if parms[i].substring(pos+1) in dict {
return dict[parms[i].substring(pos+1)];;
}
}
}
return "";
}
Thanks in advance!
L
EDIT: Just to be clear, I do not want to read Parameters "a1" and "b2". I rather want that when a certain Parameter equals "a1" the function returns "Good morning" and when a certain parameter equals "b2" the function returns "Good evening"

You do this:
function getParam(param){
var both = location.search.replace('?', '').split('&');
for(var i=0,a,l=both.length; i<l; i++){
a = both[i].split('=');
if(a[0] === encodeURIComponent(param)){
return decodeURIComponent(a[1]);
}
}
return undefined;
}
var useInDict = getParam('a1');
Assumes raw url encode.

function parseGETfromUrl ( query = location.search.substring( 1 ) ) {
let parameters = {};
for ( const [ name, value ] of new URLSearchParams( query ) ) parameters[name] = value;
return parameters;
}
//Test code
let paramsString = "q=URLUtils.searchParams&topic=api";
parseGETfromUrl( paramsString ); // { q: "URLUtils.searchParams", topic: "api" }
parseGETfromUrl(); //Same result as above, when url ends with "?q=URLUtils.searchParams&topic=api"
Heading function parseGETfromUrl returns an object which contains information of url query string.

How to insert default value in the comma separated strings?

I have group of comma separated strings and if any string is not a numeric value, I need to insert "(1)".
"stack(2),flow,over(4),temp(7)" Here insert default value to flow(1)
"stack(2),flow(3),over(4),temp" Here insert default value to temp(1)
"stack,flow(3),over,temp" Here insert default value to stack(1),over(1),temp(1)
I have validation code to validate and insert default values where needed. Please help me how to insert a default value within parentheses.
javascript function :
var case1 = "stack(2),flow(2),over(4),temp(7)"; // - true
var case2 = "stack(2),flow(3),over(4),temp(k)"; // - false
var case3 = "stack(2),flow(2),over(4),temp(0"; // - false
var case4 = "stack(2),flow(2),over(,temp)"; // - false
var case5 = "stack(2),flow(2),over(4)temp(8)"; // - false
var case6 = "stack(1),flow(7),over,temp"; // - true
var case7 = "stack(1),flow(7),OVER,Temp"; // - true
var case8 = "stack(1),flow(7),over_r,temp_t"; // - true
function testCases(str)
{
var pattern = /^[a-z]+(?:\(\d+\))?(?:,[a-z]+(?:\(\d+\))?)*$/
return pattern.test(str);
}
The above function works for validation in jsfiddle

tl;dr
Use String.prototype.split and String.prototype.join to process each part of your string.
Details
If you want to apply custom fixes to your string, you need to split it in several parts and then process them. Once the job is done, concat all the parts together.
Implementation
Using Array.prototype.map (Warning: not compatible with IE 8 and below):
Demo on JSFiddle.
function testCases(str) {
return str.split(',').map(function(s) {
if (s.match(/^[a-z]+\(\d+\)$/i)) {
// string is valid
return s;
} else {
// you can do processing here based on the failure reason
return s + '(1)';
}
}).join(',');
}
Using a for loop (IE8-compatible):
function testCases(str) {
var parts = str.split(',');
var i = parts.length;
while (i--) {
var s = parts[i];
if (!s.match(/^[a-z]+\(\d+\)$/i)) {
// string is invalid
// you can do processing here based on the failure reason.
parts[i] = s + '(1)';
}
}
return parts.join(',');
}

Unfortunately, JavaScript doesn't have lookbehinds - they'd be very useful here. Instead, we have to cheat:
str = str.replace(/([^)])(,|$)/g,"$1(1)$2");
What this does is capture whatever character comes before the comma or end of string, provided it is not a close-parenthesis. It then inserts the (1) default value in that position.

var add_default = function(str, def) {
str = str.split(',');
for(var i = 0; i < str.length; ++i) {
if(!/\(\d+\)$/.test(str[i]))
str[i] += "(" + def + ")";
}
return str.join(',');
};
http://jsfiddle.net/BhVx3/3/

Here is a possible solution :
function fix(input) {
var r = /^(.*?)(?:\((\d*)\)?|\)?)$/,
input = input.split(','),
output = [],
item;
while (item = input.shift()) {
item = item.match(r);
item = item[1] + '(' + (item[2] || 1) + ')';
output.push(item);
}
return output.join();
}
var s = 'stack(2),over(4),flow,hello(0,kitty2)';
s = fix(s); // "stack(2),over(4),flow(1),hello(0),kitty2(1)"

How to get parameter value inside a string?

Here's a thing i've been trying to resolve...
We've got some data from an ajax call and the result data is between other stuff a huge string with key:value data. For example:
"2R=OK|2M=2 row(s) found|V1=1,2|"
Is it posible for js to do something like:
var value = someFunction(str, param);
so if i search for "V1" parameter it will return "1,2"
I got this running on Sql server no sweat, but i'm struggling with js to parse the string.
So far i'm able to do this by a VERY rudimentary for loop like this:
var str = "2R=OK|2M=2 row(s) found|V1=1,2|";
var param = "V1";
var arr = str.split("|");
var i = 0;
var value = "";
for(i = 0; i<arr.length; ++i){
if( arr[i].indexOf(param)>-1 ){
value = arr[i].split("=")[1];
}
}
console.log(value);
if i put that into a function it works, but i wonder if there's a more efficient way to do it, maybe some regex? but i suck at it. Hopefully somebody may shine a light on this for me?
Thanks!

This seems to work for your specific use-case:
function getValueByKey(haystack, needle) {
if (!haystack || !needle) {
return false;
}
else {
var re = new RegExp(needle + '=(.+)');
return haystack.match(re)[1];
}
}
var str = "2R=OK|2M=2 row(s) found|V1=1,2|",
test = getValueByKey(str, 'V1');
console.log(test);
JS Fiddle demo.
And, to include the separator in your search (in order to prevent somethingElseV1 matching for V1):
function getValueByKey(haystack, needle, separator) {
if (!haystack || !needle) {
return false;
}
else {
var re = new RegExp('\\' + separator + needle + '=(.+)\\' + separator);
return haystack.match(re)[1];
}
}
var str = "2R=OK|2M=2 row(s) found|V1=1,2|",
test = getValueByKey(str, 'V1', '|');
console.log(test);
JS Fiddle demo.
Note that this approach does require the use of the new RegExp() constructor (rather than creating a regex-literal using /.../) in order to pass variables into the regular expression.
Similarly, because we're using a string to create the regular expression within the constructor, we need to double-escape characters that require escaping (escaping first within the string and then escaping within in the created RegExp).
References:
RegExp.
String.match().

This should work for you and it's delimiters are configurable (if you wish to parse a similar string with different delimiters, you can just pass in the delimiters as arguments):
var parseKeyValue = (function(){
return function(str, search, keyDelim, valueDelim){
keyDelim = quote(keyDelim || '|');
valueDelim = quote(valueDelim || '=');
var regexp = new RegExp('(?:^|' + keyDelim + ')' + quote(search) + valueDelim + '(.*?)(?:' + keyDelim + '|$)');
var result = regexp.exec(str);
if(result && result.length > 1)
return result[1];
};
function quote(str){
return (str+'').replace(/([.?*+^$[\]\\(){}|-])/g, "\\$1");
}
})();
Quote function borrowed form this answer
Usage examples:
var str = "2R=OK|2M=2 row(s) found|V1=1,2|";
var param = "V1";
parseKeyValue(str, param); // "1,2"
var str = "2R=OK&2M=2 row(s) found&V1=1,2";
var param = "2R";
parseKeyValue(str, param, '&'); // "OK"
var str =
"2R=>OK\n\
2M->2 row(s) found\n\
V1->1,2";
var param = "2M";
parseKeyValue(str, param, '\n', '->'); // "2 row(s) found"

Here is another approach:
HTML:
<div id="2R"></div>
<div id="2M"></div>
<div id="V1"></div>
Javascript:
function createDictionary(input) {
var splittedInput = input.split(/[=|]/),
kvpCount = Math.floor(splittedInput.length / 2),
i, key, value,
dictionary = {};
for (i = 0; i < kvpCount; i += 1) {
key = splittedInput[i * 2];
value = splittedInput[i * 2 + 1];
dictionary[key] = value;
}
return dictionary;
}
var input = "2R=OK|2M=2 row(s) found|V1=1,2|",
dictionary = createDictionary(input),
div2R = document.getElementById("2R"),
div2M = document.getElementById("2M"),
divV1 = document.getElementById("V1");
div2R.innerHTML = dictionary["2R"];
div2M.innerHTML = dictionary["2M"];
divV1.innerHTML = dictionary["V1"];
Result:
OK
2 row(s) found
1,2

How to search a string for all values contained in an Array of strings? (Javascript)

I am trying to learn if there is a javascript method to search a string to see if that string contains any of the values in an array of strings.
An example would be:
var a = 'How now brown cow';
var b = new Array('red', 'green', 'brown');
The resulting function would return true because the word brown is contained within the string a .
More specifically what I am trying to do (except using values from form input) is:
var a = '12345#gmail.com';
var b = new Array('.com', '.net', '.org');
This should also return true. Then based on this I will go on to accept var a as valid.
My actual code as of right now (which always returns null) is as follows:
function check_domain(){
for(var i=0; i<domains.length; i++){
var d = domains[i];
if(elemen.value.indexOf(d) != d){
return null;
}
else{
vEmail.style.visibility = 'visible';
}
}
}
window.domains = new Array(....Array values here....);

You can create a regular expression from the array:
var re = new RegExp(domains.join('|').replace(/\./g,'\\.'));
Then you can test a string:
var a = '12345#gmail.com';
var found = re.test(a);

Not sure why you've got .indexOf(d) != d. Shouldn't it be:
function check_domain(){
var d, i;
for(i = 0; i < domains.length; i++){
d = domains[i];
if(elemen.value.indexOf(d) != -1) {
return true;
}
}
}

Yes, there is something called Regular Expressions, if you really need it to match values in an array you can create a loop and check for each word against the string, something like this:
var a = 'How now brown cow';
var b = new Array('red', 'green', 'brown');
function Check(target, lookFor)
{
for(var I = 0, L = lookFor.length; I <= L; I++)
if(new RegExp(lookFor[I]).test(target))
return true;
return false;
}
alert(Check(a, b));
But in your case, the best way to go about this is just to join all the words you want to look for in the target string inside only one regular expression, so you avoid using a loop.
if(/(\.com|\.net|\.org)$/.test("sfdsdfsdf#gmail.com"))
{
// Valid email
}
else
{
// Invalid email
}

Javascript Split Array and assign values to variables from NZBMatrix API

Not sure if any of you guys/girls out there that uses the NZBMatrix website API..
In short what I'm trying to do is build an Adobe Air Application,
using JavaScript, AJAX to connect to the API with a search query, this is all good.
When i receive the "request.responseText" back from the API with the 5 results
(can only be 5) I'm having trouble with the JavaScript split function trying to split them all out...
the return string is returned as follows:
NZBID:444027;
NZBNAME:test result 1;
LINK:nzbmatrix.com/nzb-details.php?id=444027&hit=1;
SIZE:1469988208.64;
INDEX_DATE:2009-02-14 09:08:55;
USENET_DATE:2009-02-12 2:48:47;
CATEGORY:TV > Divx/Xvid;
GROUP:alt.binaries.test;
COMMENTS:0;
HITS:174;
NFO:yes;
REGION:0;
|
NZBID:444028;
NZBNAME:another test;
LINK:nzbmatrix.com/nzb-details.php?id=444028&hit=1;
SIZE:1469988208.64; = Size in bytes
etc..etc..
the first Array should split each set of results using |
assign those 5 results to a new array.
the 2nd Array should split each value using :
assign those 12 results to new variables
ie: var nzbidtxt = array1[0]; which would echo like:
document.write(nzbidtxt); // ie: print "NZBID:"
the 3rd Array should split each variable from ;
assign those 12 values to the newly created array
ie: var nzbidValue = array2[0]; which would echo like:
document.write(nzbValue); // ie: print "444027"
so using both arrays I can display a listing of the posts returned..
in a nice usable format..
nzbid: 444027 // this will be used for direct download
nzbName: the name of the nzb
etc..etc..
the function i have been working on is below:
function breakNzbUrlResponse(text)
{
var place = new Array;
var place2 =new Array;
var place3 =new Array;
place[0] = text.indexOf('|');
place2[0] = text.indexOf(':');
place3[0] = text.indexOf(';');
var i = 1;
while(place[i-1] > 0 || i==1) {
place[i] = text.indexOf('|',place[i-1]+1);
place2[i] = text.indexOf(':',place2[i-1]+1);
if(place2[i] == -1)
{
place2[i] = text.length;
}
i++;
}
i=1;
var vars = new Array;
var values = new Array;
var retarray = new Array;
vars[0] = text.substr(0,place[0]);
values[0] = text.substr((place[0]+1),((place2[0]-place[0])-1));
retarray[vars[0]] = values[0];
while(i < (place.length-1) || i==1)
{
vars[i] = text.substr((place2[i-1]+1),((place[i]-place2[i-1])-1));
values[i] = text.substr((place[i]+1),((place2[i]-place[i])-1));
//alert('in loop\r\nvars['+i+'] is: '+vars[i]+'\r\nvalues['+i+'] is: '+values[i]);
retarray[vars[i]] = values[i];
i++;
}
return retarray;
}
This feels and looks like a very long winded process for this type..
all I want to do is basically assign a new variable to each return type
ie
var nzbid = array3[0];
which when split would reference the first line of the return string, NZBID:444027; where the value for NZBID would be 44027..
bit of a book going on, but the more info the better i suppose.
Thanks
Marty

You could probably cut out a significant number of lines of code by further utilizing split() instead of the manual dissections of the entries and using multidimensional arrays instead of repeatedly creating new arrays.
The logic would be:
ResultsArray = split by "|"
FieldArray = Each element of FieldArray split by ";"
ValueArray = Each element of FieldArray split by ":"

2 years later, it's sad that NZBMatrix is still using this horrible format. Here is how you can parse it.
//used to hold temporary key/value pairs
var tempKV = {};
//used to hold the search results
this.searchResults = [];
//The unformatted search results arrive in inResponse
//Remove whitespace and newlines from the input
inResponse = inResponse.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"");
//search entries are delimited by |
var results = inResponse.split("|");
for(var i = 0; i < results.length; i++){
//key:value pairs in each search result are dlimited by ;
var pair = results[i].split(";");
for(var j = 0; j < pair.length; j++){
//keys and values are delimited by :
var kv = pair[j].split(":");
//normal key:value pairs have a length of 2
if(kv.length == 2){
//make sure these are treated as strings
//tempKV["key"] = "value"
tempKV["" + kv[0]] = "" + kv[1];
}
//Else we are parsing an entry like "http://" where there are multiple :'s
else if(kv.length > 2){
//store the first chunk of the value
var val = "" + kv[1];
//loop through remaining chunks of the value
for(var z = 2; z < kv.length; z++){
//append ':' plus the next value chunk
val += ":" + kv[z];
}
//store the key and the constructed value
tempKV["" + kv[0]] = val;
}
}
//add the final tempKV array to the searchResults object so long
//as it seems to be valid and has the NZBNAME field
if(tempKV.NZBNAME){
this.searchResults[i] = tempKV;
}
//reset the temporary key:value array
tempKV = {};
}
//all done, this.searchResults contains the json search results