//Required field
// Returns false if the string is not valid
function validateEmpty(str) {
  return !str == "";
}

//E-Mail
// Returns false if the mail is not valid
function validateMail(strMail){
    t="\\wáàãââæåçéèêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ";
    regexp=new RegExp("^["+t+"]["+t+"\\.\\-]*@["+t+"]["+t+"\\.\\-]*\\.[a-z]{2,6}$","i");
    if(!regexp.test(strMail)||/(\.@|\-@|@\.|@\-|\-\-|\.\.|\-\.|\.\-)/g.test(strMail)||validateEmpty(strMail)) return false;
    return true;
}

//Phonenumber
// Returns false if the number is not valid
function validatePhoneNumber(strNumber) {
    if(!strNumber.match(/^[0-9]{8}$/)||validateEmpty(strNumber))
        return false;
    return true;
}

// returns true if the string is empty
function isEmpty(str){
  return (str == null) || (str.length == 0);
}
// returns true if the string is a valid email
function isEmail(str){
  if(isEmpty(str)) return false;
  var re = /^[^\s()<>@,;:\/]+@\w[\w\.-]+\.[a-z]{2,}$/i
  return re.test(str);
}
// returns true if the string only contains characters A-Z or a-z
function isAlpha(str){
  var re = /[^a-zA-Z]/g
  if (re.test(str)) return false;
  return true;
}
// returns true if the string only contains characters 0-9
function isNumeric(str){
  var re = /[\D]/g
  if (re.test(str)) return false;
  return true;
}
// returns true if the string only contains characters A-Z, a-z or 0-9
function isAlphaNumeric(str){
  var re = /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g
  if (re.test(str)) return false;
  return true;
}
// returns true if the string's length equals "len"
function isLength(str, len){
  return str.length == len;
}
// returns true if the string's length is between "min" and "max"
function isLengthBetween(str, min, max){
  return (str.length >= min)&&(str.length <= max);
}
// returns true if the string is a US phone number formatted as...
// (000)000-0000, (000) 000-0000, 000-000-0000, 000.000.0000, 000 000 0000, 0000000000
function isPhoneNumber(str){
  var re = /^\(?[2-9]\d{2}[\)\.-]?\s?\d{3}[\s\.-]?\d{4}$/
  return re.test(str);
}
// returns true if the string is a valid date formatted as...
// mm dd yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy, mm.dd.yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy
function isDate(str){
  var re = /^(\d{1,2})[\s\.\/-](\d{1,2})[\s\.\/-](\d{4})$/
  if (!re.test(str)) return false;
  var result = str.match(re);
  var m = parseInt(result[1]);
  var d = parseInt(result[2]);
  var y = parseInt(result[3]);
  if(m < 1 || m > 12 || y < 1900 || y > 2100) return false;
  if(m == 2){
          var days = ((y % 4) == 0) ? 29 : 28;
  }else if(m == 4 || m == 6 || m == 9 || m == 11){
          var days = 30;
  }else{
          var days = 31;
  }
  return (d >= 1 && d <= days);
}
// returns true if "str1" is the same as the "str2"
function isMatch(str1, str2){
  return str1 == str2;
}
// returns true if the string contains only whitespace
// cannot check a password type input for whitespace
function isWhitespace(str){ // NOT USED IN FORM VALIDATION
  var re = /[\S]/g
  if (re.test(str)) return false;
  return true;
}
// removes any whitespace from the string and returns the result
// the value of "replacement" will be used to replace the whitespace (optional)
function stripWhitespace(str, replacement){// NOT USED IN FORM VALIDATION
  if (replacement == null) replacement = '';
  var result = str;
  var re = /\s/g
  if(str.search(re) != -1){
    result = str.replace(re, replacement);
  }
  return result;
}