function trim(stringToTrim) {
	return stringToTrim.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
}
function ltrim(stringToTrim) {
	return stringToTrim.replace(/^\s+/,"");
}
function rtrim(stringToTrim) {
	return stringToTrim.replace(/\s+$/,"");
}

function TrimString(sInString) {
    sInString = sInString.replace( /^\s+/g, "" );// strip leading
    return sInString.replace( /\s+$/g, "" );// strip trailing
}

function IsNumeric(strString)
   //  check for valid numeric strings	
   {
   var strValidChars = "0123456789.-";
   var strChar;
   var blnResult = true;

   if (strString.length == 0) return false;

   //  test strString consists of valid characters listed above
   for (i = 0; i < strString.length && blnResult == true; i++)
      {
      strChar = strString.charAt(i);
      if (strValidChars.indexOf(strChar) == -1)
         {
         blnResult = false;
         }
      }
   return blnResult;
}

function checktextarealength(mybox){
	
	var textarealength=mybox.getAttribute? parseInt(mybox.getAttribute("maxlength")) : "";
	
	if (mybox.getAttribute && mybox.value.length>textarealength)
		mybox.value=mybox.value.substring(0,textarealength);
		
}

function textareaCounter(field,counter,maxlimit,linecounter) {
	// text width//
	var fieldWidth =  parseInt(field.offsetWidth);
	var charcnt = field.value.length;        

	// trim the extra text
	if (charcnt > maxlimit) { 
		field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
	}

	else { 
	// progress bar percentage
	var percentage = parseInt(100 - (( maxlimit - charcnt) * 100)/maxlimit) ;
	document.getElementById(counter).style.width =  parseInt((fieldWidth*percentage)/100)+"px";
	document.getElementById(counter).innerHTML="Limit: "+percentage+"%"
	// color correction on style from CCFFF -> CC0000
	settextareastatuscolor(document.getElementById(counter),percentage,"background-color");
	}
}

function settextareastatuscolor(obj,percentage,prop){
	obj.style[prop] = "rgb(80%,"+(100-percentage)+"%,"+(100-percentage)+"%)";
}

function emailaddress_check(str) {

		var at="@"
		var dot="."
		var lat=str.indexOf(at)
		var lstr=str.length
		var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		    return false
		}

		 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		    return false
		 }
		
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		    return false
		 }

 		 return true					
	}