function setCookie(name, value, days)
{
    if (days)
    {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));
        var expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
    }
    else 
        var expires = "";

    document.cookie = name + "=" + value + expires + "; path=/";
}

function checkCookie(name)
{
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    
    for(var i=0; i < ca.length; i++)
    {
        var c = ca[i];
        
        while (c.charAt(0)==' ') 
            c = c.substring(1, c.length);

        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0)
            return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
    }
    
    return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name)
{
    setCookie(name, "", -1);
}

function switchLang()
{
    var loc = location.href;
    var destLang;
    var destArray;
    var destCookie;
    var dest;
    
    if (loc.match("/fr/"))
    {
        destLang = "/";
        destArray = location.href.split("/fr/");
        destCookie = "en";
    }
    else
    {
        destLang = "/fr/";
        destArray = location.href.split("http://www.questcanada.org/");
        destCookie = "fr";
    }
        
    dest = destArray[0] + destLang + destArray[1];
    setCookie("lang", destCookie);
    location.href = dest;
}