function trim(stringToTrim) {
		return stringToTrim.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
}
function split_varible(str,index,delimiter){
	var data = str.split(delimiter);
	return data[index];
}
function time(){
	var time = 'time';
	
}
function checkIsEmpty(id){
	if(id != '' || id == 'undefined'){
		return 'Not Available';
	}else{
		return id;

	}	
}
function Validate()
{
	var what,where,state,which;	
	var error= '';
	state = document.getElementById('state').value;
	which = document.getElementById('which').value;
	what  = document.getElementById('what').value;
	where = document.getElementById('where').value;
	if(what  == ''){
		error += 'Business Name is required field.\n';
	}	
	if(where == ''){
		error += 'Zip Postal Code is required field.\n';
	}	
	if(state  == ''){
		error += 'State is required field.\n';
	}	
	if(which  == ''){
		error += 'Country is required field.\n';
	}	
	if(error){	
	alert('The following error(s) occurred:\n'+error);
    return false;
	}	
}
function getElementsByClassName(classname, node) {
	if(!node) 
	node = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
	var a = [];
	var re = new RegExp('\\b' + classname + '\\b');
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName("*");
	for(var i=0,j=els.length; i<j; i++)
	if(re.test(els[i].className))a.push(els[i]);
	return a;
}
function stripHTML(oldString) {

   var newString = "";
   var inTag = false;
   for(var i = 0; i < oldString.length; i++) {
        if(oldString.charAt(i) == '<') inTag = true;
        if(oldString.charAt(i) == '>') {
              if(oldString.charAt(i+1)=="<")
              {
 	     		//dont do anything
	}
	else
	{
		inTag = false;
		i++;
	}
        }
        if(!inTag) newString += oldString.charAt(i);
   }
   return newString;
}
function getZipCode(href)
{
	var xmlHttp = createAjax();
	url="content4msn.php?url="+href;
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
	{
		if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
		{
			document.getElementById("zipcode").value = xmlHttp.responseText;	
		}
	}
	
	xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function getZipCode_Yahoo_ca(href)
{
	var xmlHttp = createAjax();
	url="content4yahooca.php?url="+href;
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
	{
		if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
		{
			document.getElementById("yahoo_ca_zipcode").innerHTML = xmlHttp.responseText;	
		}
	}
	
	xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function getLink()
{
	var href= "http://www.msn.com/";
	var xmlHttp = createAjax();
	url="content.php?url="+href;
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
	{
		if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
		{
			document.getElementById("name").innerHTML = xmlHttp.responseText;	
			if(document.getElementById("name").innerHTML == ""){
				alert('a');
			}
		}
	}
	
	xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function createAjax()
{
	var xmlHttp;
	
	try
	{
		// Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
		xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	catch (e)
	{
		// Internet Explorer
		try
		{
			xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		}
		catch (e)
		{
			try
			{
				xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch (e)
			{
				alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
				return false;
			}
		}
	}
	
	return xmlHttp;
}