function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

function getMapType() {
	var cv = readCookie("defaultMapType");
	if (cv == null) {
		return G_HYBRID_MAP;
	} else {
		switch (cv) {
			case "M":
				return G_NORMAL_MAP;
				break;
			case "S":
				return G_SATELLITE_MAP;
				break;
			default:
				return G_HYBRID_MAP;
				break;
		}
	}
	return G_HYBRID_MAP;
}

function setMapType(newType) {
	switch (newType.substring(0,1)) {
		case "M":
			createCookie("defaultMapType", "M", 1000);
			break;
		case "S":
			createCookie("defaultMapType", "S", 1000);
			break;
		default:
			createCookie("defaultMapType", "H", 1000);
			break;
	}
}

function FormatNumber(num,decimalNum,bolLeadingZero,bolParens,bolCommas)
/**********************************************************************
	IN:
		NUM - the number to format
		decimalNum - the number of decimal places to format the number to
		bolLeadingZero - true / false - display a leading zero for
										numbers between -1 and 1
		bolParens - true / false - use parenthesis around negative numbers
		bolCommas - put commas as number separators.
 
	RETVAL:
		The formatted number!
 **********************************************************************/
{ 
        if (isNaN(parseInt(num))) return "NaN";

	var tmpNum = num;
	var iSign = num < 0 ? -1 : 1;		// Get sign of number
	
	// Adjust number so only the specified number of numbers after
	// the decimal point are shown.
	tmpNum *= Math.pow(10,decimalNum);
	tmpNum = Math.round(Math.abs(tmpNum))
	tmpNum /= Math.pow(10,decimalNum);
	tmpNum *= iSign;					// Readjust for sign
	
	
	// Create a string object to do our formatting on
	var tmpNumStr = new String(tmpNum);

	// See if we need to strip out the leading zero or not.
	if (!bolLeadingZero && num < 1 && num > -1 && num != 0)
		if (num > 0)
			tmpNumStr = tmpNumStr.substring(1,tmpNumStr.length);
		else
			tmpNumStr = "-" + tmpNumStr.substring(2,tmpNumStr.length);
	
	tmpNumStr=tmpNumStr.replace(".", ",");
	// See if we need to put in the commas
	if (bolCommas && (num >= 1000 || num <= -1000)) {
		var iStart = tmpNumStr.indexOf(",");
		if (iStart < 0)
			iStart = tmpNumStr.length;

		iStart -= 3;
		while (iStart >= 1) {
			tmpNumStr = tmpNumStr.substring(0,iStart) + "." + tmpNumStr.substring(iStart,tmpNumStr.length)
			iStart -= 3;
		}		
	}

	// See if we need to use parenthesis
	if (bolParens && num < 0)
		tmpNumStr = "(" + tmpNumStr.substring(1,tmpNumStr.length) + ")";

	return tmpNumStr;		// Return our formatted string!
}

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"), "");
}