sbseparator=',';
	sbdecimal_point='.';function sbcurrency_js_format(amount)
{
	amount=amount.toString().replace(/\./,sbdecimal_point);
	return(amount);
}

function currency_calculation_format(value)
{
	var pattern_sp=/,/g;
	var pattern_pt=/\./g;
	value=value.toString().replace(pattern_sp,"");		//remove thousand separator if any
	value=value.toString().replace(pattern_pt,".");		//restore decimal point
	return value;
}

/////////////email function
function seo_dircompare(arr)
{
	for(i=0;i < arr.length;i++)
	{	
		str1=RegExp(arr[i],"i");
		for(j=i+1;j < arr.length;j++)
		{
			str2=RegExp(arr[j],"i");
			if(arr[i].match(str2) || arr[j].match(str1))
				return ("Directory text value must not be a substring of other_"+j);
		}	
	}
	return false;	
}

function emailCheck (emailStr,isAdmin) {
	var sbmsg_arr=new Array();
	if(isAdmin)
	{
		sbmsg_arr[0]="Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)";
		sbmsg_arr[1]="The username doesn't seem to be valid";
		sbmsg_arr[2]="Destination IP address is invalid";
		sbmsg_arr[3]="The domain name doesn't seem to be valid";
		sbmsg_arr[4]="The address must end in a valid domain, or two letter country";
		sbmsg_arr[5]="This address is missing a hostname";
	}
	else
	{
		sbmsg_arr[0]="Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)";
		sbmsg_arr[1]="The username doesn't seem to be valid.";
		sbmsg_arr[2]="Destination IP address is invalid!";
		sbmsg_arr[3]="The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.";
		sbmsg_arr[4]="The address must end in a valid domain, or two letter country.";
		sbmsg_arr[5]="This address is missing a hostname!";
	}

	var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
	var specialChars="\\(\\)>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
	var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
	var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
	var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
	var atom=validChars + '+'
	var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
	var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
	var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")
	var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
	if (matchArray==null) {
		alert(sbmsg_arr[0])
		return false
	}
	var user=matchArray[1]
	var domain=matchArray[2]
	if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
		alert(sbmsg_arr[1])
		return false
	}
	var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
	if (IPArray!=null) {
		// this is an IP address
		  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
			if (IPArray[i]>255) {
				alert(sbmsg_arr[2])
			return false
			}
		}
		return true
	}
	var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
	if (domainArray==null) {
		alert(sbmsg_arr[3])
		return false
	}
	var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
	var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
	var len=domArr.length
	if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length < 2 || 
		domArr[domArr.length-1].length > 4) {
	   alert(sbmsg_arr[4])
	   return false
	}
	if (len < 2) {
	   var errStr=sbmsg_arr[5];
	   alert(errStr)
	   return false
	}
	return true;
}

function sbis_empty(sbstr)
{ 
 	sbnew_str=sbstr.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
	if(sbnew_str.length >0)
		return (false);
	else
		return (true);
}

function seo_string(field_name,str,isAdmin)
{
	var sbmsg_arr=new Array();
	if(isAdmin)
	{
		sbmsg_arr[0]=""+field_name+" must not contain \.\/\?&  and space characters";
		sbmsg_arr[1]="This value of "+field_name+" is not allowed. Try appending /removing some characters to the value";
	}
	else
	{
		sbmsg_arr[0]=""+field_name+" must not contain \.\/\?&  and space characters";
		sbmsg_arr[1]="This value of "+field_name+" is not allowed. Try appending /removing some characters to the value";
	}
	
	var dirlist="admin,core,counterimages,default_icons,images,include,ipn,jscolor,lang,sbbusidir_icons,thumbs1,thumbs2,tinymce,uploadedimages,worldflags";
	dir_pat=RegExp("^("+dirlist.replace(/,/g,"|")+")$","i");
	dir_str=dirlist.replace(/,/g,", ");

	if(str.match(/[\.\/\?& ]/))
		return (sbmsg_arr[0]);
	else if(str.match(dir_pat) )
		return (sbmsg_arr[2]);
	else
		return false;	
}

function sbconvert_toseo(title,seo)
{
	a=title.value.replace(/[\.\/\?& ]+/g,"_");
	seo.value=a;
}

function isNaCurrency(amount)
{
	if(amount=="" || amount.toString().match(/^[+\-]?[0-9]+[,\.]?[0-9]*$/))
		return false;
	else
		return true;
}

function sbempty_field(obj)
{
	if(obj.value=="keywords" || obj.value=="zip code")
		obj.value="";
}