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function stripChars(sVal)                                                //
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//          function name: stripChars()                                  //
//             created by: Dustin Brown                                  //
//             created on: 2/20/2001                                     //
//                purpose: removes all non-numeric characters from 'sVal'//
//             parameters: sVal - the string to be stripped              //
//                returns: 'sVal' minus any non-numeric characters       //
// include files required: none                                          //
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{
	var ch;
	var temp="";
	
	//loop through and strip out non-numeric chars
	for(var x=0;x<sVal.length;x++){
		ch=sVal.charAt(x);
		if(!isNaN(ch))
		{
			if(ch != " ")temp+=ch;
		}
	}
	
	//return the stripped down string
	return temp;
}
//End function stripChars()----------------------------------------------//