getting host and path from url

[Steve Young]

Hi, this is probably an easy question but is there a way to get the host and path seperatly out of an url? 
  
  Example:
  
  url = http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iraq
  
  and i want some way of getting:
  
  host = http://news.yahoo.com
  and
  path = /fc/world/iraq
  
  thanks.
  
  -Steve
   
  

			
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