/* ------------------------- */
/*     URLEncode/Decode      */
/* ------------------------- */
function URLDecode (encodedString) {
  var output = encodedString;
  var binVal, thisString;
  var myregexp = /(%[^%]{2})/;
  while ((match = myregexp.exec(output)) != null
             && match.length > 1
             && match[1] != '') {
    binVal = parseInt(match[1].substr(1),16);
    thisString = String.fromCharCode(binVal);
    output = output.replace(match[1], thisString);
  }
  return output;
}

function getURLstring( name )
{
  name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
  var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
  var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
  var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
  if( results == null )
    return "";
  else
    return results[1];
}

function getDecodedURLstring( name ){
	var url_string=getURLstring(name);
    return URLDecode(url_string);
}