// Check that the number of characters in a string is between a max and a min
function isBlank(string) {
	if (string.length > 0) return false;
	else return true;
}

// 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('@') < 2) 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 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 that a string is a floating point number with options for:
// leading +/- character, digits, decimal points, and a trailing exponent
function isFloat(string) {
	if (string.search) {
		if (string.search(/^[-+]?([\d]+\.?[\d]*|\.[\d]+)([eE][-+]?[\d]+)?$/) != -1) return true;
	}
	return false;
}

// 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;
}

// 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;
}

// Returns a checksum digit for a number using mod 10
function getMod10(number) {
	
	// convert number to a string and check that it contains only digits
	// return -1 for illegal input
	number = '' + number;
	number = removeSpaces(number);
	if (!isNumeric(number)) return -1;
	
	// calculate checksum using mod10
	var checksum = 0;
	for (var i = number.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
		var isOdd = ((number.length - i) % 2 != 0) ? true : false;
		digit = number.charAt(i);
		
		if (isOdd) checksum += parseInt(digit);
		else {
			var evenDigit = parseInt(digit) * 2;
			if (evenDigit >= 10) checksum += 1 + (evenDigit - 10);
			else checksum += evenDigit;
		}
	}
	return (checksum % 10);
}