function Lpad(MyValue, MyPadCharacter, MyPaddedLength)
{  
//convert value to string
  strValue = MyValue+''
  if (MyPaddedLength == 0)
  {
    Lpadded = MyValue;
  }
  else
  {
  //alert("v: "+ MyValue + " MPL: " + MyPaddedLength + " SL: " + strValue.length)
    var NumChar2Pad = MyPaddedLength - strValue.length

  if (NumChar2Pad > 0)
  { 
    padding=""
    for (i = 0; i<NumChar2Pad; i++)
    {
      padding=padding+MyPadCharacter;
    }
    Lpadded =  padding + MyValue;
  }
  else
  {
    Lpadded = MyValue;
  }
  }
  //alert(Lpadded)
  return Lpadded; 
 } 
 //used to round numbers, on sewerline_update.cfm

function round(number,X)
{
// rounds number to X decimal places, defaults to 2
//checks to see if the number will be to big to round
if (isFinite(number*Math.pow(10,X)) )
  {
    X = (!X ? 2 : X);
    return Math.round(number*Math.pow(10,X))/Math.pow(10,X);
  }
  else
  {
    return number;
  }
}

//used for date validation
// Declaring valid date character, minimum year and maximum year
var dtCh= "/";
var minYear=1900;
var maxYear=2100;

function isInteger(s){
  var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}

function stripCharsInBag(s, bag){
  var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

function daysInFebruary (year){
  // February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (((year % 4 == 0) && ( (!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0))) ? 29 : 28 );
}

function DaysArray(n) {
  for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
    this[i] = 31
    if (i==4 || i==6 || i==9 || i==11) {this[i] = 30}
    if (i==2) {this[i] = 29}
   } 
   return this
}

function isDate(dtStr){
  var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12)
  var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
  var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1)
  var strMonth=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)
  var strDay=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2)
  var strYear=dtStr.substring(pos2+1)
  strYr=strYear
  if (strDay.charAt(0)=="0" && strDay.length>1) strDay=strDay.substring(1)
  if (strMonth.charAt(0)=="0" && strMonth.length>1) strMonth=strMonth.substring(1)
  for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
    if (strYr.charAt(0)=="0" && strYr.length>1) strYr=strYr.substring(1)
  }
  month=parseInt(strMonth)
  day=parseInt(strDay)
  year=parseInt(strYr)
  if (pos1==-1 || pos2==-1){
    alert("The date format should be : mm/dd/yyyy")
    return false
  }
  if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
    alert("Please enter a valid month")
    return false
  }
  if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
    alert("Please enter a valid day")
    return false
  }
  if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
    alert("Please enter a valid 4 digit year between "+minYear+" and "+maxYear)
    return false
  }
  if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos2+1)!=-1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh))==false){
    alert("Please enter a valid date")
    return false
  }
return true
}


function ElementInArray(theArray,theValue)
{
  for (var i=0; i<theArray.length; i++)
  {
    if (theArray[i] == theValue)
    {
      return true;
    }
  }
  //alert("not found")
  return false;
}