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 isValidEmail(emailAddress) {
    var re = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/
    return re.test(emailAddress);
}