function notNull(str) {
	if (str.length == 0 )
		return false
	else 
		return true
}

function notBlank(str) {
	for (i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
		if (str.charAt(i) != " ")
			return true
	}
	return false
}

function isSize(str, size) {
	if (str.length == size) 
		return true
	else
		return false
}

function isDigits(str) {
	var i
	for (i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
		mychar = str.charAt(i)
		if (mychar < "0" || mychar > "9")
			return false
	}
	return true
}

function isNumber(str) {
	numdecs = 0
	for (i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
		mychar = str.charAt(i)
		if ((mychar >= "0" && mychar <= "9") || mychar 
			== ".") {
			if (mychar == ".")
				numdecs++
		}
		else 
			return false
	}
	if (numdecs > 1)
		return false	
return true
}

function isInRange(str, num1, num2) {
	var i = parseInt(str)
	return((i >= num1) && (i <= num2))

}

function stripNonDigits(str) {
	var i
	var newstring = ""
	for (i = 0;  i < str.length; i++) {
		mychar = str.charAt(i)
		if (isDigits(mychar)) 
			newstring += mychar
	}
	return newstring
}

function stripChars(str, chars) {
	var i
	var newstring = ""
	for (i = 0;  i < str.length; i++) {
		mychar = str.charAt(i)
		if (chars.indexOf(mychar) == -1)
			newstring += mychar
	}
	return newstring
}

//Global variable set at start of script
var emptyString = " field is blank. Please enter a ";

function validateString(myfield, s) {
var emptyString = " field is blank. Please enter a ";
	if (notNull(myfield.value)&& notBlank(myfield.value)) 
		return true
	else {
		//myfield.focus()
		alert("The " + s + emptyString + s)
		return false
	}
}



function validateMemNum(myfield) {
	if (isDigits(myfield.value) && isInRange(myfield.value,100, 999))
		return true

	else {
		//myfield.focus()
		alert("Invalid customer number. Please enter a three digit number between 100 and 999")
		return false
	}
}

function validatePledge(myfield) {
	if (notNull(myfield.value)) {
		newstring = stripChars(myfield.value, "$")
		if  (isNumber(newstring))
			return true
		else {
			//myfield.focus()
			alert("Invalid pledge amount. Please enter a valid dollar amount.")
		}
	}
	return false
}

var STATECODES = "AL/AK/AZ/AR/CA/CO/CT/DE/DC/FL/GA/HI/ID/	IL/IN/IA/KS/LA/ME/MD/MA/MI/MN/MS/MO/MT/NV/NH/NJ/NM/NY/NC/ND/OH/OK/OR/PA/PR/RI/SC/TN/TX/UT/VT/VA/WA/WV/WI/WY";

function isStateCode (str) {
	var newstring = str.toUpperCase()
	if (STATECODES.indexOf(newstring) != -1 && str.indexOf("/") == -1)
		return true
	else 
		return false
}

function validateState(myfield) {
	if (notNull(myfield.value) && isSize(myfield.value, 2) && isStateCode(myfield.value))
		return true
	else {
		//myfield.focus()
		alert("Invalid state code. Please enter 2-letter state postal abbreviation.")
		return false
	}
}

function validateZip(myfield) {
	if (notNull(myfield.value)) {
		newstring = stripNonDigits(myfield.value)
		if (isSize(newstring,5) || isSize(newstring, 9)) 
			return true
	}
	//myfield.focus()
	alert("Invalid zip code. Please enter 5-digit or 9-digit zip code.")
	return false
}