// whitespace characters
var whitespace = " \t\n\r";

// Another email checker
//^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$ 

// Check that the number of characters in a string is between a max and a min
function isValidLength(string, min, max) {
	if (string.length < min || string.length > max) return false;
	else return true;
}

// Check that an email address is valid based on RFC 821 (?)
function isValidEmail(address) {
	if (address.indexOf('@') < 3) return false;
	var name = address.substring(0, address.indexOf('@'));
	var domain = address.substring(address.indexOf('@') + 1);
	if (name.indexOf('(') != -1 || name.indexOf(')') != -1 || name.indexOf('<') != -1 || name.indexOf('>') != -1 || name.indexOf(',') != -1 || name.indexOf(';') != -1 || name.indexOf(':') != -1 || name.indexOf('\\') != -1 || name.indexOf('"') != -1 || name.indexOf('[') != -1 || name.indexOf(']') != -1 || name.indexOf(' ') != -1) return false;
	if (domain.indexOf('(') != -1 || domain.indexOf(')') != -1 || domain.indexOf('<') != -1 || domain.indexOf('>') != -1 || domain.indexOf(',') != -1 || domain.indexOf(';') != -1 || domain.indexOf(':') != -1 || domain.indexOf('\\') != -1 || domain.indexOf('"') != -1 || domain.indexOf('[') != -1 || domain.indexOf(']') != -1 || domain.indexOf(' ') != -1) return false;
	return true;
}

// Check that a Canadian postal code is valid
function isValidPostalcode(postalcode) {
	if (postalcode.search) {
		if (postalcode.length == 6 && postalcode.search(/^\w\d\w\d\w\d$/) != -1) return true;
		else return false;
	}
	return true;
}

// Check that a string contains only letters and numbers
function isAlphanumeric(string, ignoreWhiteSpace) {
	if (string.search) {
		if ((ignoreWhiteSpace && string.search(/[^\w\s]/) != -1) || (!ignoreWhiteSpace && string.search(/\W/) != -1)) return false;
	}
	return true;
}

// Check that a string contains only letters
function isAlphabetic(string, ignoreWhiteSpace) {
	if (string.search) {
		if ((ignoreWhiteSpace && string.search(/[^a-zA-Z\s]/) != -1) || (!ignoreWhiteSpace && string.search(/[^a-zA-Z]/) != -1)) return false;
	}
	return true;
}

// Check whether a string is empty
function isEmpty(string) {
	return ((string==null) || (string.length==0))
}

// Returns true if string s is empty or whitespace characters only.
function isWhitespace (string) {
   var i;
    if (isEmpty(string)) return true;
    
    for (i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {   
		// Check that current character isn't whitespace.
		var c = string.charAt(i);
		if (whitespace.indexOf(c) == -1) return false;
		}
    // All characters are whitespace.
    return true;
}

// Check that a string contains only numbers
function isNumeric(string, ignoreWhiteSpace) {
	if (string.search) {
		if ((ignoreWhiteSpace && string.search(/[^\d\s]/) != -1) || (!ignoreWhiteSpace && string.search(/\D/) != -1)) return false;
	}
	return true;
}

// Remove characters that might cause security problems from a string 
function removeBadCharacters(string) {
	if (string.replace) {
		string.replace(/[<>\"\'%;\)\(&\+]/, '');
	}
	return string;
}

// Check that a radio button has been picked
function isRadioValue(ctlRadio) {
	var radio_choice = false;

	// Loop from zero to the one minus the number of radio button selections
	for (counter = 0; counter < ctlRadio.length; counter++) {
		// If a radio button has been selected it will return true
		if (ctlRadio[counter].checked) {
			radio_choice = true;
		}
	}
	return radio_choice;
}

// Remove all spaces from a string
function removeSpaces(string) {
	var newString = '';
	for (var i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {
		if (string.charAt(i) != ' ') newString += string.charAt(i);
	}
	return newString;
}

// Remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string
function trimWhitespace(string) {
	var newString  = '';
	var substring  = '';
	beginningFound = false;
	
	// copy characters over to a new string
	// retain whitespace characters if they are between other characters
	for (var i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {
		
		// copy non-whitespace characters
		if (string.charAt(i) != ' ' && string.charCodeAt(i) != 9) {
			
			// if the temporary string contains some whitespace characters, copy them first
			if (substring != '') {
				newString += substring;
				substring = '';
			}
			newString += string.charAt(i);
			if (beginningFound == false) beginningFound = true;
		}
		
		// hold whitespace characters in a temporary string if they follow a non-whitespace character
		else if (beginningFound == true) substring += string.charAt(i);
	}
	return newString;
}

function seriousEmailCheck (emailStr) {

	var checkTLD=1;
	var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;
	var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
	var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
	var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
	var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
	var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
	var atom=validChars + '+';
	var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
	var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
	var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
	var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);

	if (matchArray==null) {
		return false;
	}

	var user=matchArray[1];
	var domain=matchArray[2];

	for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
		if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
		return false;
	   }
	}
	for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
		if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
			return false;
		}
	}

	if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
		return false;
	}

	var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
	if (IPArray!=null) {
		for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
			if (IPArray[i]>255) {
			return false;
		   }
		}
		return true;
	}

	var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
	var domArr=domain.split(".");
	var len=domArr.length;
	for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
		if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
			return false;
	   }
	}

	if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
		return false;
	}

	if (len<2) {
		return false;
	}

	// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
	return true;
}