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
} // Ends the "trim" function

function log10(x)
{
	// log10(x) = ln(x)/ln(10)
	return Math.log(x)/Math.LN10;
}

function padExp(s,exp)
{
	var f = parseFloat(s);
	var ns;
	var nz;
	if( isNaN(f) )
	{
		ns = "0.";
		nz = exp;
	}
	else
	{
		var i=s.indexOf(".");
		if(i==-1)
		{
			ns=s+".";
			nz=exp;
		}
		else
		{
			if ((s.length-i)>exp)
			{
				return s.substr(0,i+exp+1);
			}
			else 
			{
				ns=s;
				nz=exp-(s.length-i)+1;
			}
		}
	}
	for (j = 0; j<nz; j++)
	{
		ns = ns + "0";
	}
	return ns;
}

function removeLeadingZeros(s)
{
	var i;
	for(i=0;i<s.length;i++)
	{
		if (s.charAt(i)!="0")
		{
			return (s.substr(i,s.length-i));
		}
	}
	return "0";
}


function removeLeadingZeros(s)
{
	var i;
	for(i=0;i<s.length;i++)
	{
		if (s.charAt(i)!="0")
		{
			return (s.substr(i,s.length-i));
		}
	}
	return "0";
}