How can I get data from url to js variables?

[Arkkimaagi]

I have an address like this:
http://www.sitepoint.com/index.html?...on2=parameter2

I'd like to parse the url address after the ?-mark. so that I get the question=parameter pairs to javascript variables.

Does anyone know a page with some sample parsing and unescaping for this?

[Skunk]

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20020107.asp

[Arkkimaagi]

just what I wanted, thanks