/* Les fonctions qui suivent sont purement utilitaires */

var cons = document.getElementById("console");

function getElementsByClassName(className, tag, elm){
	var testClass = new RegExp("(^|\\\\s)" + className + "(\\\\s|$)");
	var tag = tag || "*";
	var elm = elm || document;
	var elements = (tag == "*" && elm.all)? elm.all : elm.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var returnElements = [];
	var current;
	var length = elements.length;
	for(var i=0; i<length; i++){
		current = elements[i];
		if(testClass.test(current.className)){
			returnElements.push(current);
		}
	}
	return returnElements;
}

/**
*
*  Javascript trim, ltrim, rtrim
*  http://www.webtoolkit.info/
*
*
**/

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"), "");
}

function aler(chaine)
{
  cons.innerHTML += chaine+"<br />";
}
/* fin des fonctions utilitaires */