function trim( 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 isValidEmail( email )
{
	var template = /^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i ;
	var returnValue = false ;

	if ( template.test( email ) )
	{
		returnValue = true ;
	}

	return returnValue ;
}