How to retrieve GET parameters from javascript?

http://domain.com/page.html?returnurl=%2Fadmin

For js within page.html,how can it retrieve GET parameters?

For the above simple example,func('returnurl') should be /admin

But it should also work for complex querystrngs...

Answer

With the window.location object. This code gives you GET without the question mark.

window.location.search.substr(1)

From your example it will return returnurl=%2Fadmin

EDIT: I took the liberty of changing Qwerty's answer, which is really good, and as he pointed I followed exactly what the OP asked:

function findGetParameter(parameterName) {
    var result = null,

        tmp = [];
    location.search
        .substr(1)
        .split("&")
        .forEach(function (item) {
          tmp = item.split("=");
          if (tmp[0] === parameterName) result = decodeURIComponent(tmp[1]);
        });
    return result;
}

I removed the duplicated function execution from his code, replacing it a variable ( tmp ) and also I've added decodeURIComponent, exactly as OP asked. I'm not sure if this may or may not be a security issue.

Or otherwise with plain for loop, which will work even in IE8:

function findGetParameter(parameterName) {
    var result = null,
        tmp = [];
    var items = location.search.substr(1).split("&");

    for (var index = 0; index < items.length; index++) {
        tmp = items[index].split("=");
        if (tmp[0] === parameterName) result = decodeURIComponent(tmp[1]);
    }
    return result;
}