function getSelectedRadio(buttonGroup) {
   // returns the array number of the selected radio button or -1 if no button is selected
   if (buttonGroup[0]) { // if the button group is an array (one button is not an array)
      for (var i=0; i<buttonGroup.length; i++) {
         if (buttonGroup[i].checked) {
            return i
         }
      }
   } else {
      if (buttonGroup.checked) { return 0; } // if the one button is checked, return zero
   }
   // if we get to this point, no radio button is selected
   return -1;
} // Ends the "getSelectedRadio" function

function getSelectedRadioValue(buttonGroup) {
   // returns the value of the selected radio button or "" if no button is selected
   var i = getSelectedRadio(buttonGroup);
   if (i == -1) {
      return "";
   } else {
      if (buttonGroup[i]) { // Make sure the button group is an array (not just one button)
         return buttonGroup[i].value;
      } else { // The button group is just the one button, and it is checked
         return buttonGroup.value;
      }
   }
} // Ends the "getSelectedRadioValue" function

function getSelectedCheckbox(buttonGroup) {
   // Go through all the check boxes. return an array of all the ones
   // that are selected (their position numbers). if no boxes were checked,
   // returned array will be empty (length will be zero)
   var retArr = new Array();
   var lastElement = 0;
   if (buttonGroup[0]) { // if the button group is an array (one check box is not an array)
      for (var i=0; i<buttonGroup.length; i++) {
         if (buttonGroup[i].checked) {
            retArr.length = lastElement;
            retArr[lastElement] = i;
            lastElement++;
         }
      }
   } else { // There is only one check box (it's not an array)
      if (buttonGroup.checked) { // if the one check box is checked
         retArr.length = lastElement;
         retArr[lastElement] = 0; // return zero as the only array value
      }
   }
   return retArr;
} // Ends the "getSelectedCheckbox" function

function getSelectedCheckboxValue(buttonGroup) {
   // return an array of values selected in the check box group. if no boxes
   // were checked, returned array will be empty (length will be zero)
   var retArr = new Array(); // set up empty array for the return values
   var selectedItems = getSelectedCheckbox(buttonGroup);
   if (selectedItems.length != 0) { // if there was something selected
      retArr.length = selectedItems.length;
      for (var i=0; i<selectedItems.length; i++) {
         if (buttonGroup[selectedItems[i]]) { // Make sure it's an array
            retArr[i] = buttonGroup[selectedItems[i]].value;
         } else { // It's not an array (there's just one check box and it's selected)
            retArr[i] = buttonGroup.value;// return that value
         }
      }
   }
   return retArr;
} // Ends the "getSelectedCheckBoxValue" function


function changeClass(id, newClass) {
// changes div/span class
	identity=document.getElementById(id);
	identity.className=newClass;
}//Ends the "changeClass" function



/**
 * DHTML email validation script. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/)
 */

function isEmail(str) {

	var at="@";
	var dot=".";
	var lat=str.indexOf(at);
	var lstr=str.length;
	var ldot=str.indexOf(dot);

		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
		   return false;
		}

		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		   return false;
		}

		if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		    return false;
		}

		 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		    return false;
		 }

		 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		    return false;
		 }

		 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		    return false;
		 }
		
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		    return false;
		 }

 		 return true;				
	}