Question

I have a jQuery search script that uses tabs for the user to define which search type they want to use. When a user searches, a URL is created which is something like #type/query/. I need to somehow define the query terms in my window.location.hash.replace so I am just left with the search type from the URL. How can I go about changing the QUERYGOESHERE in my example below to the query the user has made? I hope people can understand my question.

My jQuery Script is:

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('[id^=type_]').click(function () {
        type = this.id.replace('type_', '');
        $('[id^=type_]').removeClass('selected');
        $('#type_' + type).addClass('selected');
        return false;
    });
    if (window.location.hash != "") {
        url = window.location.hash.replace('#', '').replace('/QUERYGOESHERE/', '');
        $('#type_' + url).click();
    } else {
        $('#type_search').click();
    }
    $('#query').keyup(function () {
        var query = $(this).val();
        var url = '/' + type + '/' + query + '/';
        window.location.hash = '' + type + '/' + query + '/';
        document.title = $(this).val() + ' - My Search Script';
        $('#results').show();
        if (query == '') {
            window.location.hash = '';
            document.title = 'My Search Script';
            $('#results').hide();
        }
        $.ajax({
            type: 'GET',
            url: url,
            dataType: 'html',
            success: function (results) {
                $('#results').html(results);
            }
        });
    });
    var textlength = $('#query').val().length;
    if (textlength <= 0) {
        $('#query').focus();
    } else {
        $('#query').blur();
    }
});

Answer 1

This should do it.

var full = window.location.hash.replace('#', '')
var queryType = full.substring(0,full.indexOf("/"))
var query = full.replace(queryType, '');

EDIT: Updated code

if (window.location.hash != "") { 
  var full = window.location.hash.replace('#', ''); 
  var queryType = full.substring(0,full.indexOf("/")); 
  console.log('#type_' + queryType); 
  $('#type_' + queryType).click(); 
}