// 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
function isValidEmail(address) {
	if (!isValidLength(address, 7, 255))
		return false;
	if (address != '' && address.search) {
      if (address.search(/^\w+((-\w+)|(\.\w+))*\@[A-Za-z0-9]+((\.|-)[A-Za-z0-9]+)*\.[A-Za-z0-9]+$/) != -1) return true;
      else return false;
	}
	
   else return true;
}

// Check that a US zip code is valid
function isValidZipcode(zipcode) {
	zipcode = removeSpaces(zipcode);
	if (!(zipcode.length == 5 || zipcode.length == 9 || zipcode.length == 10)) return false;
   if ((zipcode.length == 5 || zipcode.length == 9) && !isNumeric(zipcode)) return false;
   if (zipcode.length == 10 && zipcode.search && zipcode.search(/^\d{5}-\d{4}$/) == -1) return false;
   return true;
}


function isURL(argvalue) {

  if (argvalue.indexOf(" ") != -1)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf("http://") == -1 && argvalue.indexOf("https://") == -1)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue == "http://" && argvalue == "https://")
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf("http://") > 0 && argvalue.indexOf("https://") > 0)
    return false;

  argvalue = argvalue.substring(7, argvalue.length);
  if (argvalue.indexOf(".") == -1)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf(".") == 0)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.charAt(argvalue.length - 1) == ".")
    return false;

  if (argvalue.indexOf("/") != -1) {
    argvalue = argvalue.substring(0, argvalue.indexOf("/"));
    if (argvalue.charAt(argvalue.length - 1) == ".")
      return false;
  }

  if (argvalue.indexOf(":") != -1) {
    if (argvalue.indexOf(":") == (argvalue.length - 1))
      return false;
    else if (argvalue.charAt(argvalue.indexOf(":") + 1) == ".")
      return false;
    argvalue = argvalue.substring(0, argvalue.indexOf(":"));
    if (argvalue.charAt(argvalue.length - 1) == ".")
      return false;
  }

  return true;

}

function isTollFreeNumber(areaCode, prefixNumber, suffixNumber){
   if (arguments.length == 1) {
      var phoneNumber = arguments[0];
      phoneNumber = phoneNumber.replace(/\D+/g, '');
      var length = phoneNumber.length;
      if (phoneNumber.length >= 7) {
         var areaCode = phoneNumber.substring(0, length-7);
         var prefixNumber = phoneNumber.substring(length-7, length-4);
         var suffixNumber = phoneNumber.substring(length-4);
      }
      else return false;
   }
   else if (arguments.length == 3) {
      var areaCode = arguments[0];
      var prefixNumber = arguments[1];
      var suffixNumber = arguments[2];
   }
   else return true;

   if (areaCode.length != 3 || !isNumeric(areaCode) || prefixNumber.length != 3 || !isNumeric(prefixNumber) || suffixNumber.length != 4 || !isNumeric(suffixNumber)) return false;
   return true;
}

// Check that a US or Canadian phone number is valid
function isValidUSPhoneNumber(areaCode, prefixNumber, suffixNumber) {
   if (arguments.length == 1) {
      var phoneNumber = arguments[0];
      phoneNumber = phoneNumber.replace(/\D+/g, '');
      var length = phoneNumber.length;
      if (phoneNumber.length >= 7) {
         var areaCode = phoneNumber.substring(0, length-7);
         var prefixNumber = phoneNumber.substring(length-7, length-4);
         var suffixNumber = phoneNumber.substring(length-4);
      }
      else return false;
   }
   else if (arguments.length == 3) {
      var areaCode = arguments[0];
      var prefixNumber = arguments[1];
      var suffixNumber = arguments[2];
   }
   else return true;

   if (areaCode.length != 3 || !isNumeric(areaCode) || prefixNumber.length != 3 || !isNumeric(prefixNumber) || suffixNumber.length != 4 || !isNumeric(suffixNumber)) 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 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;
}

function Date_Validate(mm,dd,yyyy)
{
   var chk    = 0;
   var maxDay = 0;

// calling function to get maximum day for this month
maxDay = max_day(mm, yyyy);  

if((dd <= 0) || (dd > maxDay))
{ chk = 1;}
else if((mm <= 0) || (mm > 12))
{ chk = 1;}
else if((yyyy <= 0))
{ chk = 1;} 

if(chk == 1)
	return false;
else
	return true;
}
// function for calculating maximum day 
function max_day(mn, yr)
{
   var mDay;
if((mn == 4) || (mn == 6) || (mn == 9) || (mn == 11))
{ 
mDay = 30;
}
else if(mn == 2)
{
//calling leap year function 
mDay = isLeapYear(yr) ? 29 : 28;    
}
else
{
mDay = 31;
}
return mDay; 
}

    // function to check leap year
function isLeapYear(yr)
{
if (yr % 2 == 0) 
   return true;
   return false;
}
