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Example
Listing 17-5 includes the unescape() function in front of the part of the script
that captures the URL. This function serves cosmetic purposes by displaying the
pathname in alert dialog boxes for browsers that normally display the ASCIIencoded
version.
Listing 17-5: Extracting the Directory of the Current
Document
Extract pathname
// general purpose function to extract URL of current directory
function getDirPath(URL) {
var result = unescape(URL.substring(0,(URL.lastIndexOf(“/”)) + 1))
return result
}
// handle button event, passing work onto general purpose function
function showDirPath(URL) {
alert(getDirPath(URL))
}
pathname
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Example
See Listings 17-2 through 17-4 earlier in this chapter for a multiple-frame example
you can use to view the location.pathname property for a variety of URLs of your
choice.
windowObject.location.pathname