Function parseString

purl.js:128–149

(str)

    }

    function parseString(str) {
        return reduce(String(str).split(/&|;/), function(ret, pair) {
            try {
                pair = decodeURIComponent(pair.replace(/\+/g, ' '));
            } catch(e) {
                // ignore
            }
            var eql = pair.indexOf('='),
                brace = lastBraceInKey(pair),
                key = pair.substr(0, brace || eql),
                val = pair.substr(brace || eql, pair.length);

            val = val.substr(val.indexOf('=') + 1, val.length);

            if (key === '') {
                key = pair;
                val = '';
            }

            return merge(ret, key, val);
        }, { base: {} }).base;
    }

    function set(obj, key, val) {
        var v = obj[key];