function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if(null!=days && days!="" && days!=" " && days>0){
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*12 * 30 * 24 * 60 * 60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

function splitTextIntoSpan(textToSplit,elementNum){
  	//Split the document
 	returnElements=textToSplit.split('##');
 	
 	//Process each of the elements 	
 	for ( var i=returnElements.length-1; i>=0; --i ){
 		//Remove everything before the 1st span	
 		spanPos = returnElements[i].indexOf('##');		
 		//if we find a match , take out everything before the span
 		if(spanPos>0){
 			subString=returnElements[i].substring(spanPos);
 			returnElements[i]=subString;
 		} 
 	}
	return returnElements[elementNum];
 }