function getCookieVal (offset) {
var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
if (endstr == -1)
endstr = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}
function getCookie (name) {
var arg = name + "=";
var alen = arg.length;
var clen = document.cookie.length;
var i = 0;
while (i < clen) {
var j = i + alen;
if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
return getCookieVal (j);
i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
if (i == 0) break;
}
return null;
}
function setCookie (name, value) {
var argv = setCookie.arguments;
var argc = setCookie.arguments.length;
var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : '/';
var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}
function deleteCookie (name) {
var exp = new Date();
exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1);
var cval = getCookie (name);
document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
}

function serializeArray(array)
{
  if(array.length)
  {
    var separator = '||'
    var serialized = array.join(separator)
    return serialized
  }
  else return ''
}

function unserializeArray(string)
{
  var separator = '||'
  return string.split(separator)
}