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JScript parsing

You can run this script with Windows Scripting Host by invoking
cscript.exe from the Windows command shell, or by using wscript.exe
from Windows Explorer.

var emailaddr = null;
var subject = null;
var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;
if(objArgs.length >= 1) {
    emailaddr = objArgs(0);
    if(emailaddr.substr(0, 7) == "mailto:")
        emailaddr = emailaddr.substr(7);
}

cscript.exe mailto:test@foobar.com causes emailaddr = test@foobar.com.

I would to modify the above to have cscript.exe malito:test@foobar.com?Subject=help to cause emailaddr = test@foobar.com and then subject=help

THANKS!
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try,

  var emailaddr = null;
  var subject = null;
  var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;
  if(objArgs.length >= 1) {
    var strArr = objArgs[0].split('?');
    emailaddr = strArr[0];    
    if(emailaddr.substr(0, 7) == "mailto:")
        emailaddr = emailaddr.substr(7);
    subject = strArr[1].split('=')[1];
  }
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objArgs.0 is null or not an object
how about,

var strArr = objArgs(0).split('?');

replacing [] with ()
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mailto: strArr.1 is null or not an object
mailto:test@foo.com?subject=test => works
mailto:test@foo.com => strArr.1 is null or not an object
ok here,

if(strArr.length >= 2){
  subject = strArr[1].split('=')[1];
}
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Almost there!!

mailto: -=> works
mailto:test@foo.com -=> works
mailto:test@foo.com?subject=test -=> works
mailto:test@foo.com?abc=test -=> causes emailaddr = test@foo.com, subect = test, here the email is correct, there is no subject specified though....

ok,

if((strArr.length >= 2)&&()){
  subject = strArr[1].split('=')[1];
}


var emailaddr = null;
  var subject = null;
  var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;
  if(objArgs.length >= 1) {
    var strArr = objArgs(0).split('?');
    emailaddr = strArr[0];    
    if(emailaddr.substr(0, 7) == "mailto:")
        emailaddr = emailaddr.substr(7);
    if(strArr.length >= 2){
      var subjectArr = strArr[1].split('=');
      if(subjectArr[0]=='subject'){
        subject = subjectArr[1];
      }
    }
   
   
  }
opps ignore the first three lines. that should not be there, my bad.

var emailaddr = null;
  var subject = null;
  var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;
  if(objArgs.length >= 1) {
    var strArr = objArgs(0).split('?');
    emailaddr = strArr[0];    
    if(emailaddr.substr(0, 7) == "mailto:")
        emailaddr = emailaddr.substr(7);
    if(strArr.length >= 2){
      var subjectArr = strArr[1].split('=');
      if(subjectArr[0]=='subject'){
        subject = subjectArr[1];
      }
    }  
  }
better change this

if(subjectArr[0]=='subject')

to

if(subjectArr[0].toLowerCase()=='subject')
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mailto: -=> works
mailto:test@foo.com -=> works, but subject comes up as null, should be blank
mailto:test@foo.com?subject=test -=> works
mailto:test@foo.com?abc=test -=> causes emailaddr = test@foo.com, subect = null, should come up as blank
mailto:test@foo.com?Subject=test -=> subject is blank (should be case insensative on SubJect

so close... thanks!!!!
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yahoo!!!

Don't understand all the code, but it works great! THANKS!!
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var emailaddr = "";
var subject = "";
var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;

if(objArgs.length >= 1) {
  var strArr = objArgs(0).split('?');
  emailaddr = strArr[0];
  if(emailaddr.substr(0, 7) == "mailto:") {
    emailaddr = emailaddr.substr(7);
    if (strArr.length >= 2) {
      var subjectArr = strArr[1].split('=');
      if (subjectArr[0].toLowerCase() == 'subject')
        subject = subjectArr[1];
    }
  }
}
welcome.

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