jquery replace part of a url

Question

I know practically nothing about jquery so please help me

I try this

function googlemapLinks {
 $('div.gmnoprint a').attr("href").replace('ll','q');
}

it does not work I have a <div class="gmnoprint"> In that div Google maps puts a javascript link in maps.google.com/maps?ll=5..... I need maps.google.com/maps?q=5.....

Can you show me a function I can drop in a script file?

Answer 1

For setting a value with attr, you need to pass the new value as a second parameter. try this:

$('div.gmnoprint a').attr('href', $('div.gmnoprint a').attr('href').replace('ll','q'));

Answer 2

try this:

function googlemapLinks { 
    var lnk = $('div.gmnoprint a').attr("href");
    $('div.gmnoprint a').attr("href",lnk.replace('ll','q')); 
}