function trim(inputString) {
	// Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
	// consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
	// a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
	if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
	var retValue = inputString;
	var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
	while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
		retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
		ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
	}
	ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
	while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
		retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
		ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
	}
	while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
		retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
	}
	return retValue; 
}	





function echeck(str) {

	var at="@"
	var dot="."
	var lat=str.indexOf(at)
	var lstr=str.length
	var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
	//alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
	return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
	//alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
	return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		//alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		//alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		return false
	}

	if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		//alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		//alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){	
		//alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		return false
	}

	return true					
}

 function changeURL(LOCATION){
	location.href = LOCATION;
 }
 
 function NewWindowURL(LOCATION, WinName) {
 	window.open(LOCATION, '_blank');
 }