Parses an url and returns an object with properties belonging to each part of the parsed Url

function parseUrl

function parseUrl (url) {
    var loc = {
        href: url,
        parts : url.replace('//','/').split('/')
    };

    loc.protocol = parts[0];
    loc.host = parts[1];

    parts[1] = parts[1].split(':');
    loc.hostname = parts[1][0];
    loc.port = parts[1].length > 1 ? parts[1][1] : '';

    parts.splice(0, 2);
    loc.pathname = '/' + parts.join('/');

    loc.pathname = loc.pathname.split('#');
    loc.hash = loc.pathname.length > 1 ? '#' + loc.pathname[1] : '';
    loc.pathname = loc.pathname[0];

    loc.pathname = loc.pathname.split('?');
    loc.search = loc.pathname.length > 1 ? '?' + loc.pathname[1] : '';
    loc.pathname = loc.pathname[0];

    return loc;
}