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javascript and cookies
// Based on: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1599291
// Fixed jshint errors and cleaned up a little.
function createCookie(name, value, days) {
var expires = '';
if (days) {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
expires = '; expires=' + date.toGMTString();
}
document.cookie = name + '=' + value + expires + '; path=/';
}
function readCookie(name) {
var nameEQ = name + '=';
var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
var c = ca[i];
while (c.charAt(0) === ' ') {
c = c.substring(1, c.length);
}
if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) === 0) {
return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
}
}
return null;
}
function eraseCookie(name) {
createCookie(name, '', -1);
}
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