register("SYM.util.text");
SYM.util.text.isString = function (a) {
    return typeof a == 'string';
}
String.prototype.startsWith = function(s) { return this.indexOf(s)==0; } 
SYM.util.text.trim = function(string)
{
	// Removes leading, trailing, and redundant spaces from string 
	var re = /^ */g
	string = string.replace(re, "")
	var re = /\n/g
	string = string.replace(re, "")
	re = / *$/g
	string = string.replace(re, "")
	re = / {2,}/g
	string = string.replace(re, " ")
	string = string.replace(/^[\s]+/,'').replace(/[\s]+$/,'').replace(/[\s]{2,}/,' ');
	return string
}
SYM.util.text.replaceString = function(replaceString_s, replaceString_t, replaceString_u) {
	replaceString_s = replaceString_s.toString();
	replaceString_i = replaceString_s.indexOf(replaceString_t);
	replaceString_r = "";
	if (replaceString_i == -1){ return replaceString_s;}
	replaceString_r += replaceString_s.substring(0,replaceString_i) + replaceString_u;
	if ( replaceString_i + replaceString_t.length < replaceString_s.length){
		replaceString_r += replace(replaceString_s.substring(replaceString_i + replaceString_t.length, replaceString_s.length), replaceString_t, replaceString_u);
 	}
	return replaceString_r;
}
SYM.util.text.clean = function(s)
{
	s = s ? s : this;
	return s.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');	
}