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// name - name of the desired cookie
// * return string containing value of specified cookie or null if cookie does not exist
function getCookie(name) {
	var dc = document.cookie;
	var prefix = name + "=";
	var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
	if (begin == -1) {
		begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
		if (begin != 0) return null;
	} else
		begin += 2;
	var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
	if (end == -1)
		end = dc.length;
	return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

function getCookieValue(cookieText, name) {
	var prefix = name + "=";
	var begin = cookieText.indexOf("&" + prefix);
	if (begin == -1) {
		begin = cookieText.indexOf(prefix);
		if (begin != 0) return null;
	} else
		begin += 1;
	var end = cookieText.indexOf("&", begin);
	if (end == -1)
		end = cookieText.length;
	return cookieText.substring(begin + prefix.length, end);
}

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