// 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 a  zip code is valid
function isValidZipcode(zipcode) {
	zipcode = removeSpaces(zipcode);
	if (!(zipcode.length == 5) || !isNumeric(zipcode)) return false;
	return true;
}
// Check that a  phone is valid
function isValidPhonecode(phonecode) {
	phonecode = removeSpaces(phonecode);
	if(codePhoneArea==false)
	{
		if (!(phonecode.length == 6 ) || !isNumeric(phonecode)) return false;
			return true;
	}
	else
	{
		if (!(phonecode.length == 7 ) || !isNumeric(phonecode)) 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 contains only letters
function isHebrew(string, ignoreWhiteSpace) {
	if (string.search) {
		if ((ignoreWhiteSpace && string.search(/[^à-ú\s]/) != -1) || (!ignoreWhiteSpace && string.search(/[^à-ú]/) != -1)) return false;
	}
	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;
}

// 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;
}