window.location stored to a variable causing errors

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consider the following javascript

var str=window.location;
newArray=str.split('/');
document.write(newArray[0]);

When I execute split on "var url" which holds "window.location" it is causing this error in firebug console

TypeError
arguments: Array[2]
message: "—"
stack: "—"
type: "undefined_method"
__proto__: Error

Robin Maben · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-13 05:38:11Z

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What you need is the string that contains the url.

window.location.href

answered Sep 13, 2011 at 5:38

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jfriend00 · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-13 05:41:14Z

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window.location is an object. If you want just the URL, use window.location.href.

answered Sep 13, 2011 at 5:41

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alex · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-13 05:43:20Z

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window.location is an Object (so it has no split() method). split() is a method of a String.

You need to use window.location.href or window.location.toString() (or use it in a String context so its coerced to a String).

You may also be wanting to split on the path only, in which case you should use location.pathname. You can then use substr(1) to drop the leading / (which would only split to an empty string anyway with split('/')).

answered Sep 13, 2011 at 5:43

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