function doSearchSubmit(section)
{
	if(document.getElementById('search_query').value!='' && document.getElementById('search_query').value!='type here to search school/college/university...')
	{
		var sq = document.getElementById('search_query').value;
		sq = sq.replace(/\s+/g," ");
		sq = trim(sq, '') 
		//sq = sq.replace(/(\s)/g,'-');
		sq = sq.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,' ');
		//alert(sq);
		sq = sq.replace(/\s+/g,' ');
		//alert(sq);
		sq = sq.replace(/(\s)/g,'-');
		
		//alert(section);
		
		var destUrl = document.getElementById('lstSearchScope').value;
		
		if(section =='forum')
			url = destUrl+"topic/"+sq+'/forum';
		else if(section =='events')
			url = destUrl+"topic/"+sq+'/event';
		else if(section =='testPrep')
			url = destUrl+"topic/"+sq+'/exam';
		else
			url = destUrl+"topic/"+sq;
		
		document.location.href = url;	
		return false;
	}
	else
	{
		alert('Please Enter "Search Term" to search');
		document.getElementById('search_query').focus();
		return false;
	}
	

}
function changeTextValue(txtId,val ,val1)
{
	if(trim(val,'') == trim(val1,'') || trim(val,'') == '')
	{
		document.getElementById(txtId).value = val1;
	}
}
function setTextValue(txtId,val ,val1)
{
	if(trim(val,'') == trim(val1,'') || trim(val,'') == '')
	{
		document.getElementById(txtId).value = '';
	}
}

/*************************************
*  Javascript trim, ltrim, rtrim
*************************************/
 
function trim(str, chars) {
	return ltrim(rtrim(str, chars), chars);
}
 
function ltrim(str, chars) {
	chars = chars || "\\s";
	return str.replace(new RegExp("^[" + chars + "]+", "g"), "");
}
 
function rtrim(str, chars) {
	chars = chars || "\\s";
	return str.replace(new RegExp("[" + chars + "]+$", "g"), "");
}