function isNumeric(string) { return !isNaN(string); }

function sltrim() {
	return this.replace(/^\s+/,'');
	}

function srtrim() {
	return this.replace(/\s+$/,'');
	}

function strim() {
	return this.replace(/^\s+/,'').replace(/\s+$/,'');
	}

String.prototype.ltrim = sltrim;
String.prototype.rtrim = srtrim;
String.prototype.trim = strim;

function print(aString) {
	Response.write(aString);
	}

function burst(aString, aDelimiter, aFieldList) {
var eachItem, eachField, fieldArray, dataArray, i = 0;
	dataObject = arguments[4] || new Object();
	fieldArray = aFieldList.split(" ");
	dataArray = aString.split(aDelimiter);
      if (arguments[3]) {dataArray.reverse();}
	for (eachItem in fieldArray) {
		eachField = fieldArray[eachItem];
		dataObject[eachField] = dataArray[i++].trim();
		}
      i = dataArray.slice(i);
      if (arguments[3]) {i.reverse();}
      dataObject.leftovers = i.join(aDelimiter);
	return dataObject;
	}

/* 
// burst - returns an object with each of the items in the string
// split by the delimeter into properties named from the field list. 
// Example:
var i = burst("a,b,c,d",",","1 2 3 4")
print(i); // '[Object]'
for (eachParam in i) {print(", "+eachParam+"="+i[eachParam]);}
// , 1=a, 2=b, 3=c, 4=d

// additional (optional) arguments:
//  a true or false value for forward or reverse operation
//  a reference to an existing object, instead of always creating an object

*/