var whitespace = " \t\n\r";
var mPrefix = "Il campo  "
var mSuffix = " è vuoto. Si prega di completarlo."
var sEmail = "Email"

var iEmail = "Si prega inserire un indirizzo e-mail valido (es.: pippo@pluto.com). Si prega di reinserirlo."
var pEmail = "valid email address (like foo@bar.com)."
var defaultEmptyOK = false
function makeArray(n) {
   for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
      this[i] = 0
   } 
   return this
}

var daysInMonth = makeArray(12);
daysInMonth[1] = 31;
daysInMonth[2] = 29;   // must programmatically check this
daysInMonth[3] = 31;
daysInMonth[4] = 30;
daysInMonth[5] = 31;
daysInMonth[6] = 30;
daysInMonth[7] = 31;
daysInMonth[8] = 31;
daysInMonth[9] = 30;
daysInMonth[10] = 31;
daysInMonth[11] = 30;
daysInMonth[12] = 31;
var USStateCodeDelimiter = "|";
var USStateCodes = "AL|AK|AS|AZ|AR|CA|CO|CT|DE|DC|FM|FL|GA|GU|HI|ID|IL|IN|IA|KS|KY|LA|ME|MH|MD|MA|MI|MN|MS|MO|MT|NE|NV|NH|NJ|NM|NY|NC|ND|MP|OH|OK|OR|PW|PA|PR|RI|SC|SD|TN|TX|UT|VT|VI|VA|WA|WV|WI|WY|AE|AA|AE|AE|AP"
function isEmpty(s)
{   return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
}

function isWhitespace (s)

{   var i;
    if (isEmpty(s)) return true;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (whitespace.indexOf(c) == -1) return false;
    }
    return true;
}
function stripCharsInBag (s, bag)

{   var i;
    var returnString = "";
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

function stripCharsNotInBag (s, bag)
{   var i;
    var returnString = "";
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
       var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) != -1) returnString += c;
    }

    return returnString;
}

function stripWhitespace (s)
{   return stripCharsInBag (s, whitespace)
}

function charInString (c, s)
{   for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   if (s.charAt(i) == c) return true;
    }
    return false
}

function stripInitialWhitespace (s)

{   var i = 0;

    while ((i < s.length) && charInString (s.charAt(i), whitespace))
       i++;
    
    return s.substring (i, s.length);
}

function isLetter (c)
{   return ( ((c >= "a") && (c <= "z")) || ((c >= "A") && (c <= "Z")) )
}

function isDigit (c)
{   return ((c >= "0") && (c <= "9"))
}

function isLetterOrDigit (c)
{   return (isLetter(c) || isDigit(c))
}



function isAlphabetic (s)
{   var i;
    if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isAlphabetic.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isAlphabetic.arguments[1] == true);
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
       var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (!isLetter(c))
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

function isAlphanumeric (s)
{   var i;
    if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isAlphanumeric.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isAlphanumeric.arguments[1] == true);
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
      var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (! (isLetter(c) || isDigit(c) ) )
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

function reformat (s)
{   var arg;
    var sPos = 0;
    var resultString = "";
    for (var i = 1; i < reformat.arguments.length; i++) {
       arg = reformat.arguments[i];
       if (i % 2 == 1) resultString += arg;
       else {
           resultString += s.substring(sPos, sPos + arg);
           sPos += arg;
       }
    }
    return resultString;
}


function isEmail (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isEmail.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isEmail.arguments[1] == true);
       if (isWhitespace(s)) return false;
    var i = 1;
    var sLength = s.length;
    while ((i < sLength) && (s.charAt(i) != "@"))
    { i++
    }
    if ((i >= sLength) || (s.charAt(i) != "@")) return false;
    else i += 2;
    while ((i < sLength) && (s.charAt(i) != "."))
    { i++
    }
    if ((i >= sLength - 1) || (s.charAt(i) != ".")) return false;
    else return true;
}

function prompt (s)
{   window.status = s
}
function promptEntry (s)
{   window.status = pEntryPrompt + s
}

function warnEmpty (theField, s)
{   theField.focus()
    alert(mPrefix + s + mSuffix)
    return false
}

function warnInvalid (theField, s)
{   theField.focus()
    theField.select()
    alert(s)
    return false
}

function checkString (theField, s, emptyOK)
{   // Next line is needed on NN3 to avoid "undefined is not a number" error
    // in equality comparison below.
    if (checkString.arguments.length == 2) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (isWhitespace(theField.value)) 
       return warnEmpty (theField, s);
    else return true;
}


function checkEmail (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkEmail.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else if (!isEmail(theField.value, false)) 
       return warnInvalid (theField, iEmail);
    else return true;
}