// calculate the ASCII code of the given character
function CalcKeyCode(aChar) {
  var character = aChar.substring(0,1);
  var code = aChar.charCodeAt(0);
  return code;
}

function checkNumber(val) {
  var strPass = val.value;
  var strLength = strPass.length;
  var lchar = val.value.charAt((strLength) - 1);
  var cCode = CalcKeyCode(lchar);

  /* Check if the keyed in character is a number
     do you want alphabetic UPPERCASE only ?
     or lower case only just check their respective
     codes and replace the 48 and 57 */

  if (cCode < 48 || cCode > 57 ) {
    var myNumber = val.value.substring(0, (strLength) - 1);
    val.value = myNumber;
  }
  return false;
}


function echeck(str) {

		var at="@"
		var dot="."
		var lat=str.indexOf(at)
		var lstr=str.length
		var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
		   alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		   alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		}

		 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }
		
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

 		 return true					
	}