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 get_radio_value(item)
{
for (var i=0; i < item.length; i++)
   {
   if (item[i].checked)
      {
      var rad_val = item[i].value;
	  return rad_val;
      }
   }
   return false;
}

function isEmail(argvalue) {

  if (argvalue.indexOf(" ") != -1)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf("@") == -1)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf("@") == 0)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf("@") == (argvalue.length-1))
    return false;

  // arrayString = argvalue.split("@"); (works only in netscape3 and above.)
  var retSize = customSplit(argvalue, "@", "arrayString");

  if (arrayString[1].indexOf(".") == -1)
    return false;
  else if (arrayString[1].indexOf(".") == 0)
    return false;
  else if (arrayString[1].charAt(arrayString[1].length-1) == ".") {
    return false;
  }

  return true;

}

function is_empty(value){
	if(trim(value) == '')
		return true;
	return false;
}