function getVal(theItem)
	{
	return document.getElementById(theItem).value;
	}
function get(theItem)
	{
	return document.getElementById(theItem);
	}

// return the value of the radio button that is checked
// return an empty string if none are checked, or
// there are no radio buttons

function Trim(STRING){
STRING = LTrim(STRING);
return RTrim(STRING);
}

function RTrim(STRING){
while(STRING.charAt((STRING.length -1))==" "){
STRING = STRING.substring(0,STRING.length-1);
}
return STRING;
}


function LTrim(STRING){
while(STRING.charAt(0)==" "){
STRING = STRING.replace(STRING.charAt(0),"");
}
return STRING;
}

function left(STRING,CHARACTER_COUNT){
return STRING.substring(0,CHARACTER_COUNT);
}

function right(STRING,CHARACTER_COUNT){
return STRING.substring((STRING.length - CHARACTER_COUNT),STRING.length);
}

function intOnly(i) {
	if(i.value.length>0) {
		i.value = i.value.replace(/[^\d]+/g, '');
	}
}



function decOnly(i) {
	if(i.value.length>0) {
		i.value = i.value.replace(/[^\d\.]+/g, '');
	}
if(i.value.length==0) 
	{
	i.value = 0;
	}
}