function checkToValidate() {
	var inputEnum = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
	var notValidatedFields = new Array();
	for(i=0;i<inputEnum.length;i++) { // Loop thru the input fields
		if (inputEnum[i].type == "text" && inputEnum[i].getAttribute("checkToValidate") != null) { // Applicable fields
			cSet = inputEnum[i].getAttribute("checkToValidate").split(";");
			if(cSet[0] == "text" && inputEnum[i].value.length < cSet[1]) { notValidatedFields.push(cSet[2]); continue; }
			if(cSet[0] == "email" && !isEmail(inputEnum[i].value)) { notValidatedFields.push(cSet[2]); continue; }
			if(cSet[0] == "numeric" && (isNaN(inputEnum[i].value) || inputEnum[i].value == 0 || inputEnum[i].value.length < cSet[1])) { notValidatedFields.push(cSet[2]); continue; }
		} // if()
	} // for()
	var inputEnum = document.getElementsByTagName("select");
	for(i=0;i<inputEnum.length;i++) { // Loop thru the input fields
		if (inputEnum[i].getAttribute("checkToValidate") != null) { // Applicable fields
			cSet = inputEnum[i].getAttribute("checkToValidate").split(";");
			if(inputEnum[i].options[inputEnum[i].selectedIndex].value == '') { notValidatedFields.push(cSet[2]); }
		} // if()
	} // for()
	var inputEnum = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea");
	for(i=0;i<inputEnum.length;i++) { // Loop thru the input fields
		if (inputEnum[i].getAttribute("checkToValidate") != null) { // Applicable fields
			cSet = inputEnum[i].getAttribute("checkToValidate").split(";");
			if(inputEnum[i].value.length < cSet[1]) { notValidatedFields.push(cSet[2]); }
		} // if()
	} // for()
	if(notValidatedFields.length != 0) { alert("Formunuzda boş ya da hatalı alanlar var.\nLütfen aşağıdaki alanları doldurunuz:\n\n" + notValidatedFields.join("\n")); return false; }
} // checkToValidate()
function isEmail(e) {
	if(e.indexOf("@") == -1) { return false; }
	return true;
} // isEmail


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 is empty
function isEmpty(str){
	return (str == null) || (str.length == 0);
}
// 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);
	}
}