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/* COOKIE TOOLS: Setter/Getter                       */
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function GetCookie( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f

	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ ) {
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
						
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name ) {
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	
	if ( !b_cookie_found ) {
		return null;
	}
}
		
function SetCookie(cookieName,cookieValue,nDays) {
	var today = new Date();
	var expire = new Date();
	if (nDays==null || nDays==0){
		nDays=1;
	}
	expire.setTime(today.getTime() + 3600000*24*nDays);
	document.cookie = cookieName+"="+escape(cookieValue)+";expires="+expire.toGMTString()+";path=/";
}