SharePoint Resize app

//Global Variables used in different functions.
var widthSelected=null;
var senderId;
var hostUrl = null;

//Main function to change the size dynamically.
function ResizeAppPart() {
    if (window.parent == null)
        return;

    // Extracts the host url and sender Id  values from the query string.
    var params = document.URL.split("?")[].split("&");
    for (var i = ; i < params.length; i = i + ) {
        var param = params[i].split("=");
        if (hostUrl == null)
        {
            hostUrl = decodeURIComponent(param[]);
        }

        if (i == (params.length - ))
            senderId = decodeURIComponent(param[]);
    }

    var height = $(".slider").height(); // Keeping the height of the app part constant.
    widthSelected = "100%";
    //use postmessage to resize the app part.
    var message = "<Message senderId=" + senderId + " >"
            + "resize(" + widthSelected + "," + height + ")</Message>";
    window.parent.postMessage(message, hostUrl);
}