//---------------------------------------------------------------;

   var StateCodes = "AL|AK|AS|AZ|AR|CA|CO|CT|DE|DC|FM|FL|GA|GU|HI|ID|IL|IN|IA|KS|KY|LA|ME|MH|MD|MA|MI|MN|MS|MO|MT|NE|NV|NH|NJ|NM|NY|NC|ND|MP|OH|OK|OR|PW|PA|PR|RI|SC|SD|TN|TX|UT|VT|VI|VA|WA|WV|WI|WY|AE|AA|AE|AE|AP" ;
   function trim(value) {
		var temp = value;
		var re = /^(\s*)([\W\w]*)(\b\s*$)/;
		if (re.test(temp)) { temp = temp.replace(re, '$2'); }
		var re = /  /g;
		while (temp.match(re)) { temp = temp.replace(re, " "); }
   return temp;
}
   function validPhone(str) {
		//strip out ()
		var i;
		var phoneChars = "()- " ;
		var strnum = "";
		str = trim(str);
		for (i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
			var schar = str.charAt(i);
		    if (phoneChars.indexOf(schar) == -1)
		       { 
		       strnum  = strnum +schar;
		       }
		 }    
		 //Test Length
  		if (strnum.length != 10) {
		  return false;
		}

		 //Test for all numeric
		  if (isNaN(strnum)) {
				return false;
		  } else {
				return true;
		  }
    }
   
   function validEmail(strEmail){
		var re = /^.+\@.+\..+$/ ;
		var re2 = /\s/ ;    
		//Check for spaces
		if (re2.test(strEmail)) {
		   ;
		   return false; 
   	    }         
		//check for well formed
		if (re.test(strEmail)) { 
		    return true;
		} else { 
		   ;
		    return false; 
		}
  
   }
   //---------------------------------------------------------------;
   function isEmpty(str) {
           return ((str == null) || (str.length == 0));
    }
   function validState(str){
    var sdelim = "|";
    return (StateCodes.indexOf(str) != -1) && (str.indexOf(sdelim) == -1);
   }