JavaScript & jQuery Code Snippet

//sort a collection of objects by Name property
function sortByItemName(originalObjects) {
var options = {};

$.each(originalObjects, function (index, item) {
options[item.Name] = item;
});
//sort() is case sensitive by default
var keys = Object.keys(options).sort(function (a, b) {
return a.toLowerCase().localeCompare(b.toLowerCase());
});

//get the results after sort
var sortedObjects = {};
$.each(keys, function (i, key) {
sortedObjects[i] = options[key];
});
return sortedObjects;
}

function getQueryStrings(){
var vars = [], hash;
var q = document.URL.split('?')[1];
if(q != undefined){
q = q.split('&');
for(var i = 0; i < q.length; i++){
hash = q[i].split('=');
vars.push(hash[0]);
vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];
}
}
return vars;
}

//name参数为需要查询的querystring的key
function getQueryStringRegExp(name) {
var reg = new RegExp("(^|\\?|&)"
+ name + "=([^&]*)(\\s|&|$)", "i");
if (reg.test(location.href))
　　　　　　return unescape(RegExp.$2.replace(/\+/g, " "));
return "";
}