function getRandomNum(totalNum)

{
return Math.floor(Math.random()*(totalNum)+1);

}

function padZeros(num, totalLen) {
   var numStr = num.toString();             // Initialize return value as string
   var numZeros = totalLen - numStr.length; // Calculate no. of zeros
   for (var i = 1; i <= numZeros; i++) {
      numStr = "0" + numStr;
   }
   return numStr;
}



// cookies handling .. creation, reading, and erasing.


function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*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 changeCommentBoxStyle()
{

var boxOfComments=document.frames["comment-editor"].document.commentForm.commentBodyField
boxOfComments.style.color="#ff00ff";
}

window.onload=changeCommentBoxStyle();

*/



// google translation from Arabic to ENglish 
function google_translate(fromLang,toLang) {
var t=((window.getSelection&&window.getSelection())||(document.getSelection&&document.getSelection())||(document.selection &&document.selection.createRange&&document.selection.createRange().text));
var e=(document.charset||document.characterSet);

if(t!='')
{location.href='http://translate.google.com/translate_t?text='+t+'&hl='+toLang+'&langpair='+fromLang+'|'+toLang+'&tbb=1&ie='+e;}
else
{location.href='http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&hl='+toLang+'&langpair='+fromLang+'|'+toLang+'&tbb=1&ie='+e;
};

}