/*
function trimstr(s) 
{
  // Remove leading spaces and carriage returns
  while ((s.substring(0,1) == ' ') || (s.substring(0,1) == '\n') || (s.substring(0,1) == '\r'))
  {
    s = s.substring(1,s.length);
  }
  // Remove trailing spaces and carriage returns

  while ((s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == ' ') || (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == '\n') || (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == '\r'))
  {
    s = s.substring(0,s.length-1);
  }
  return s;
}
*/
function trimstr(inputString) {
   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
   var retValue = inputString;
   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   }
   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   }
   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
   }
	return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
}
function stripSpaces(x) 
{
	while (x.substring(0,1) == ' ') x = x.substring(1);
	return x;
}