modifying url with jquery

Question

how would one take part of the current page's url and change just a couple letters of it? Assuming jQuery would be the way to go?

for instance: clicking a button counts the number of gets the 19th and 20th character EN of

www.papercuts.com/EN/boxes/mailingtubes.html

and changes it to DE

www.papercuts.com/DE/boxes/mailingtubes.html

Answer 1

and redirects?

window.location = window.location.href.replace(/.com\/.{2}/, '.com/DE');

edit: all language support by anstosa

• Ansel Santosa: This will work regardless of what the current language currently is: window.location = window.location.href.replace(/.com\/.{2}/, '.com/DE');

Answer 2

germanURL = englishURL.replace(/papercuts.com\/EN\//, 'papercuts.com/DE/');

Simply use replace to replace the papercuts.com/EN/.

• Chad: this doesnt account for pages not using www.
• TimWolla: @Chad I though this would be self explainable, but I'll edit.