function trim(str, chars) {return ltrim(rtrim(str, chars), chars);}
function ltrim(str, chars) {
    chars = chars || "\\s";
    return str.replace(new RegExp("^[" + chars + "]+", "g"), "");
}
function rtrim(str, chars) {
    chars = chars || "\\s";
    return str.replace(new RegExp("[" + chars + "]+$", "g"), "");
}
function emailcheck(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					
}
var digits = "0123456789";
var phoneNumberDelimiters = "()- ";
var validWorldPhoneChars = phoneNumberDelimiters + "+";
var minDigitsInIPhoneNumber = 10;
function isInteger(s){
	var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    return true;
}
function stripCharsInBag(s, bag){   
var i;
    var returnString = "";
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}
function checkInternationalPhone(strPhone){
var bracket=3
strPhone=trim(strPhone)
if(strPhone.indexOf("+")>1) return false
if(strPhone.indexOf("-")!=-1)bracket=bracket+1
if(strPhone.indexOf("(")!=-1 && strPhone.indexOf("(")>bracket)return false
var brchr=strPhone.indexOf("(")
if(strPhone.indexOf("(")!=-1 && strPhone.charAt(brchr+2)!=")")return false
if(strPhone.indexOf("(")==-1 && strPhone.indexOf(")")!=-1)return false
s=stripCharsInBag(strPhone,validWorldPhoneChars);
return (isInteger(s) && s.length >= minDigitsInIPhoneNumber);
}
function validate_special_chrs( string ){
	var reg_special_char = /\$|,|@|#|~|`|\%|\*|\^|\&|\(|\)|\+|\=|\_|\]|\[|\}|\{|\;|\:|\"|\<|\>|\?|\||\\|\!|\$|\./;
	if ( reg_special_char.test( string ) ){return true;}else{return false;}	
}	
String.prototype.trim = function() {return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");}

function limitText(limitField, limitCount, limitNum) {
	if (limitField.value.length > limitNum) {
		limitField.value = limitField.value.substring(0, limitNum);
	} else {
		limitCount.value = limitNum - limitField.value.length;
	}
}