[Chapter 21] Reference: URL.search
Author: David Flanagan
Date: Fri Aug 29 11:20:54 1997

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| Chapter 21 JavaScript Reference |

# URL.search Property

## Name

URL.search Property---the query portion of a URL

## Availability

Navigator 2.0, Internet Explorer 3.0

## Synopsis

    URL.search

## Description

The `search` is a read/write string property of the URL object. It specifies the query portion of a URL, including the leading question mark. For example, the `search` of the following (fictitious) location is "?query=JavaScript&matches=666".

    http://www.ora.com:1234/search.html?query=JavaScript&matches=666#result

Note that the search string (also known as a query string) is not parsed: it still contains the "?" prefix--which you can remove with `String.substring(1)`--and, more important, it is not split along the "&" delimiter into individual variables. See the `split` method of the String object for an easy way to break it up in Navigator 3.0.

## See Also

"Area", "Document.links[]", "Link", "String.split()", "URL", "Window.location"

URL.protocol |  | window