jQuery.cookie = function(name, value, options) {
    if (typeof value != 'undefined') { 
        options = options || {};
        if (value === null) {
            value = '';
            options.expires = -1;
        }
        var expires = '';
        if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toUTCString)) {
            var date;
            if (typeof options.expires == 'number') {
                date = new Date();
                date.setTime(date.getTime() + (options.expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
            } else {
                date = options.expires;
            }
            expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString(); 
        }
        var path = options.path ? '; path=' + (options.path) : '';
        var domain = options.domain ? '; domain=' + (options.domain) : '';
        var secure = options.secure ? '; secure' : '';
        document.cookie = [name, '=', encodeURIComponent(value), expires, path, domain, secure].join('');
    } else { 
        var cookieValue = null;
        if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
            var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
            for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
                var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
                if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
                    cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return cookieValue;
    }
};


function prepareString(str)
{
    outstr = '';
    for (i=0;i<str.length;i++)
    {
        for(j=0;j<10;j++)
        {
            if(str.substr(i,1) === j.toString())
            {
                if((outstr.length == 0 && j > 0)||(outstr.length>0))
                    outstr = outstr + str.substr(i,1);
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    return outstr;
}

function formatNumber(num, offset)
{
    nstr = num.toString();
    ostr = '';

    for(i=(nstr.length-1),j=offset;i>=0;i--,j++)
    {
        if((j%3 == 0) && (j>0)) ostr = ' ' + ostr;
        ostr = nstr.substr(i,1) + ostr;
    }

    return ostr;
}