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// 
// Coded by Travis Beckham
// http://www.squidfingers.com | http://www.podlob.com
// If want to use this code, feel free to do so, but please leave this message intact.
//
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// --- version date: 06/02/03 ---------------------------------------------------------

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// Node Functions

function checkNode(node, filter){
	return (filter == null || node.nodeType == Node[filter] || node.nodeName.toUpperCase() == filter.toUpperCase());
}
function getChildren(node, filter){
	var result = new Array();
	var children = node.childNodes;
	for(var i = 0; i < children.length; i++){
		if(checkNode(children[i], filter)) result[result.length] = children[i];
	}
	return result;
}

function getChildrenByElement(node){
	return getChildren(node, "ELEMENT_NODE");
}
function getFirstChild(node, filter){
	var child;
	var children = node.childNodes;
	for(var i = 0; i < children.length; i++){
		child = children[i];
		if(checkNode(child, filter)) return child;
	}
	return null;
}
function getFirstChildByText(node){
	return getFirstChild(node, "TEXT_NODE");
}
function getNextSibling(node, filter){
	for(var sibling = node.nextSibling; sibling != null; sibling = sibling.nextSibling){
		if(checkNode(sibling, filter)) return sibling;
	}
	return null;
}
function getNextSiblingByElement(node){
	return getNextSibling(node, "ELEMENT_NODE");
}