// dowcom/scripts/gsearch.js
var strsearch = "";
var str1 = "";
var str2 = "";
var str3 = "";
var url = location.href;
str1 = url.split("as_q=");
if (str1 > 0) {
	str2 = str1[1];
	str3 = str2.split("&");
	strsearch = str3[0];
}

function esc(x) {
	x = escape(x).replace(/\+/g, " ");
	if (x.substring(0,2) == "\%u") {
		x = "";
	}
	return x;
}

function validate_string(form) {

	return;
}

function clearText(thefield) {
	
		thefield.value = "";
	
}