function removeLeadingAndTrailingChar (inputString, removeChar) {var returnString = inputString;if (removeChar.length){while(''+returnString.charAt(0)==removeChar) {returnString=returnString.substring(1,returnString.length);}while(''+returnString.charAt(returnString.length-1)==removeChar) {returnString=returnString.substring(0,returnString.length-1);}}return returnString;}function echeck (checkThisEmail){var pattern=/^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i 
return (pattern.test(checkThisEmail))? true : false;}function isURLValid(URL){var pattern=/^(http:\/\/){1}(w){3}[0-9]{0,1}[.]{1}[a-zA-Z0-1]{1,}(\-){0,1}[a-zA-Z0-1]{1,}[.]{1}[a-zA-Z]{1,}/ 
return (pattern.test(URL))? true : false;}