// Returns true if the passed value is found in the
// array.  Returns false if it is not.
Array.prototype.inArray = function(value) {
  var i;
  for (i=0; i<this.length; i++) {
    // Matches identical (===), not just similar (==).
    if (this[i] == value) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
}


function getElementsByClassName(searchClass, node, tag) {
  var classElements = new Array();
  if (node == null) node = document;
  if (tag == null) tag = '*';
  var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
  var elsLen = els.length;
  var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
  for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
    if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
      classElements[j] = els[i];
      j++;
    }
  }
  return classElements;
}


function createCookie(name, value, days) {
  if (days) {
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
  }
  else var expires = "";
  document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}


function readCookie(name) {
  var nameEQ = name + "=";
  var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
  }
  return null;
}


function eraseCookie(name) {
  createCookie(name,"",-1);
}