/* The scripts on this page was produced by mordechai Sandhaus - 52action.com, and is copyrighted . If you like this script, we encourage you to use it, provided that include this note, and link to 52action.com. */ /* script explanation for dummies */ /* NOTE: THE FIRST 2 ARGUMENTS SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN THE SAME - this.value, this */ // the first argument in the function, accepts the "value" of the textbox to be masked // the second argument is the name of the textbox //although the first 2 could have been done in 1 argument I did it in 2 // to make it easier to understand //the third argument holds the locations of the separator, // each location should be separated by a comma - (going from lower numbers to higher) //the fourth holds the delimiter (or separator) character. /* nothing in the function should be edited, to change a delimiter or character location, change it in the calling script - the following code should be inserted into the field(s) to be masked - */ /*replace 'location1,location2' with the locations where you want the delimiter replace the 'delimiter' with the separating character you would like */ // javascript:return mask(this.value,this,'location1,location2','delimiter') //-there is no limit to the amount of delimiters you can have added function mask(str,textbox,loc,delim){ var locs = loc.split(','); for (var i = 0; i <= locs.length; i++){ for (var k = 0; k <= str.length; k++){ if (k == locs[i]){ if (str.substring(k, k+1) != delim){ str = str.substring(0,k) + delim + str.substring(k,str.length) } } } } textbox.value = str }