// String extensions

jQuery.extend(String.prototype,{Left:function(characterCount)
{return this.substring(0,characterCount);},Right:function(characterCount)
{return this.substring((this.length-characterCount),this.length);},Mid:function(start,end)
{if(!start){start=0};if(!end||end>this.length){end=this.length};if(end!=this.length){end=start+end};return this.substring(start,end);},Replace:function(replaceThis,replaceWith)
{var retval=this;while(retval.indexOf(replaceThis)>-1){retval=retval.replace(replaceThis,replaceWith);}
return retval;},Trim:function()
{var retval=this;retval=this.TrimStart();return retval.TrimEnd();},TrimStart:function()
{var retval=this;while(retval.charAt(0)==" "){retval=retval.replace(retval.charAt(0),"");}
return retval;},TrimEnd:function()
{var retval=this;while(retval.charAt((retval.length-1))==" "){retval=retval.substring(0,retval.length-1);}
return retval;},RemoveAllWhitespace:function()
{var exp=new RegExp('\\s{1,}','gi');return this.replace(exp,'');}});jQuery.fn.fieldStringVal=function(successful){var retval=new String();if(this.length>0){var elm=this[0];var name=new String(elm.name);var t=elm.type;if(t=="checkbox"||t=="radio"){if(name==""){if(elm.checked)retval=elm.id;}
else{jQuery("input[@name="+name+"]").each(function(){if(this.checked){if(retval!="")retval+=",";retval+=this.id;}});}}
else if(t=="select-one"||t=="select-multiple"){for(var i=0;i<elm.length;i++){if(elm.options[i].selected){if(retval!="")retval+=",";retval+=elm.options[i].value;}}}
else{retval=elm.value;}}
return jQuery.trim(retval);};