// COMMON JAVASCRIPT FUNCTIONS


// function setSelectToKey sets a select element to a provided key
// var object = a select element
// var value = the key to which the above select element should be attempted to be set to

function setSelectToKey(object, value){
	var numberOfElements = object.length;
	for (i=0; i < numberOfElements; i++){
		if (object.options[i].value == value){
			object.selectedIndex = i;
		}
	}
}

String.prototype.trim = function () {
	return this.replace(/^\s*|\s*$|\r|\n/g,"");
}