function trim(TRIM_VALUE) {
 if(TRIM_VALUE.length < 1) {
  return "";
 }
 TRIM_VALUE = RTrim(TRIM_VALUE);
 TRIM_VALUE = LTrim(TRIM_VALUE);
 if(TRIM_VALUE=="") {
  return "";
 } else {
  return TRIM_VALUE;
 }
}


function RTrim(VALUE) {
 var w_space = String.fromCharCode(32);
 var v_length = VALUE.length;
 var strTemp = ""; 
 if(v_length < 0) {
  return"";
 }
 var iTemp = v_length -1;
 while(iTemp > -1) {
  if (VALUE.charAt(iTemp) == w_space) {
  } else {
   strTemp = VALUE.substring(0,iTemp +1);
   break;
  }
  iTemp = iTemp-1;
 }
 return strTemp;
}

function LTrim(VALUE) {
 var w_space = String.fromCharCode(32);
 if(v_length < 1) {
  return"";
 }
 var v_length = VALUE.length;
 var strTemp = "";
 var iTemp = 0;
 while(iTemp < v_length) {
  if (VALUE.charAt(iTemp) == w_space){
  } else {
   strTemp = VALUE.substring(iTemp,v_length);
   break;
  }
  iTemp = iTemp + 1;
 }
 return strTemp;
}

function chars(string,Chars) {
 if(Chars == 'alphanum')
  Chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.,-';
 var returnstring = '';
 for (var i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {
  if (Chars.indexOf(string.charAt(i)) > -1)
   returnstring = returnstring + string.charAt(i);
  }
 return returnstring;
}

function replace(string,text,by) {
// Replaces text with by in string
    var strLength = string.length, txtLength = text.length;
    if ((strLength == 0) || (txtLength == 0)) return string;

    var i = string.indexOf(text);
    if ((!i) && (text != string.substring(0,txtLength))) return string;
    if (i == -1) return string;

    var newstr = string.substring(0,i) + by;

    if (i+txtLength < strLength)
        newstr += replace(string.substring(i+txtLength,strLength),text,by);

    return newstr;
}


function moneyFormat(mnt,commas,dollarSign) {
    mnt -= 0;
    mnt = (Math.round(mnt*100))/100;
    numTxt = (mnt == Math.floor(mnt)) ? mnt + '.00' 
              : ( (mnt*10 == Math.floor(mnt*10)) ? 
                       mnt + '0' : mnt);
					   
	numTxt = numTxt + '';

	if(commas) { 
	 for (var i = 0; i < Math.floor(((numTxt.length - 3)-(1+i))/3); i++) {
      numTxt = numTxt.substring(0,(numTxt.length - 3)-(4*i+3))+','+ numTxt.substring((numTxt.length - 3)-(4*i+3));
	 }
	}
	
	if(dollarSign) {
	 numTxt = '$' + numTxt;
	}
	return numTxt;
}