var url = location;

alert('URL: ' + url);

var chars = new Array();
chars[0] = '?';
chars[1] = '#';

var idx = -1;

for (var i = 0 ; i < chars.length ; i++)
{
	alert('Character: ' + chars[i]);
	idx = url.indexOf(chars[i]);

	if (idx > -1)
		url = url.substring(0, idx);
}