How can I use jquery to parse out parameters from an encoded url with custom separators and place them into a string with pre-defined positions?

var myindex = {
	apple: 0,
	banana: 1,
	watermelon: 4
};
var myurl = "http://www.mysite.com#currentPage=1&c%5B%5D=e%3A1119//e+apple//%3Aeq//red&c%5B%5D=e%3A1119//e+banana//%3Aeq//yellow+black&c%5B%5D=e%3A1119//e+watermelon//%3Aeq//red&c%5B%5D=e%3A1119//e+watermelon//%3Aeq//black&othervar=12345";

$(function() {
	var querystring = myurl.substring(myurl.indexOf('#')+1);
	var vars = decodeURIComponent(querystring).split('&');
	var results = {};
	var otherVars = {};
	// loop through the variables found
	for (var i = 0; i < vars.length; i++) {
		// find each pair of name/values
		var pair = vars[i].split('=');
		// we only want the "array" variables
		if (pair[0].indexOf('[]') > 0) {
			// each value is separated by //
			var vals = pair[1].split('//');
			// fruit and color found as below
			var fruit = vals[1].substring(2);
			var color = vals[3];
			// initialise the object with the color
			if (results[fruit] === undefined) {
				results[fruit] = color;
			}
			else {
				// If the fruit has already been found, add the corresponding color to the already existing value
				results[fruit] += "+" + color;
			}
		}
		else {
			// record all the other querystring variables here
			otherVars[pair[0]] = pair[1];
		}
	}
	// output the results
	console.dir(results);
	// output the other variables
	console.dir(otherVars);

	// now the cmCreateElementTag
	// create an array of 15 empty string values
	var tracking = Array.apply(null, new Array(15)).map(String.prototype.valueOf,"");
	// loop through this new array and assign the corresponding index retrieved from the myindex object
	$.each(results, function(i, el) {
		tracking[myindex[i]] = el;
	});
	// join the array as a string, serarated by -_- and output in the corresponding format
	console.log('cmCreateElementTag("Tracking Parent", "Tracking Child",'+tracking.join("-_-")+')');
});

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