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I'd very much like to see some basic string operations possible on search engine entries. For example, some map services offer the ability to plot a route from Place A to Place B. | I'd very much like to see some basic string operations possible on search engine entries. For example, some map services offer the ability to plot a route from Place A to Place B. | ||
So in the firefox search bar, I'd like to be able to enter "London to Liverpool", then get text to the left of " to " ("London"), and to the right ("Liverpool") then pass those two locations as parameters to the search URL. | The URL for such a site looks something like | ||
http://www.sitename.com/search?journeystart=<some place>&journyend=<another place> | |||
So in the firefox search bar, I'd like to be able to enter "London to Liverpool", then get text to the left of " to " ("London"), and to the right ("Liverpool") then pass those two locations as parameters to the search URL: | |||
http://www.sitename.com/search?journeystart=London&journyend=Liverpool | |||
[[User:Steve England|Steve England]] 04:58, 10 Feb 2006 (PST) | |||