function charConvert(input, type)
{
		  
	//declare variables
	var fromIndex;
	var toIndex;
	var parts;
	var regExp;
		  	
	//set from and to indexes for choosing which part of the 
	//array to use for conversion based on type parameter
		  	
  	//1: character -> html
  	//2: character -> octal
  	//3: octal -> html
  	//4: octal -> character
  	//5: html -> octal
  	//6: html -> character
  	switch (type)
  	{
  		case 1:
  			fromIndex = 2;
  			toIndex = 1;
  			break;
  			
  		case 2:
  			fromIndex = 2;
  			toIndex = 0;
  			break;
 
   		case 3:
  			fromIndex = 0;
  			toIndex = 1;
  			break;
 
   		case 4:
  			fromIndex = 0;
  			toIndex = 2;
  			break;
 
   		case 5:
  			fromIndex = 1;
  			toIndex = 0;
  			break;
  			
    	case 6:
  			fromIndex = 1;
  			toIndex = 2;
  			break;
  			
  		//if no type was specified or type doesn't exist, exit
  		default:
  			return input;	
  	}
  	
  	//build array
  	var assocArray = new Array();
  		assocArray.push("\242|¢|¢","\243|£|£","\245|¥|¥",
  						"\274|¼|¼","\275|½|½","\276|¾|¾",
						"\241|¡|¡","\253|«|«","\273|»|»",
						"\277|¿|¿","\300|À|À","\301|Á|Á",
						"\302|Â|Â","\303|Ã|Ã","\304|Ä|Ä",
						"\305|Å|Å","\306|Æ|Æ","\307|Ç|Ç",
						"\310|È|È","\311|É|É","\312|Ê|Ê",
						"\313|Ë|Ë","\314|Ì|Ì","\315|Í|Í",
						"\316|Î|Î","\317|Ï|Ï","\320|Ð|Ð",
						"\321|Ñ|Ñ","\322|Ò|Ò","\323|Ó|Ó",
						"\324|Ô|Ô","\325|Õ|Õ","\326|Ö|Ö",
						"\330|Ø|Ø","\331|Ù|Ù","\332|Ú|Ú",
						"\333|Û|Û","\334|Ü|Ü","\335|Ý|Ý",
						"\336|Þ|Þ","\337|ß|ß","\340|à|à",
						"\341|á|á","\342|â|â","\343|ã|ã",
						"\344|ä|ä","\345|å|å","\346|æ|æ",
						"\347|ç|ç","\350|è|è","\351|é|é",
						"\352|ê|ê","\353|ë|ë","\354|ì|ì",
						"\355|í|í","\356|î|î","\357|ï|ï",
						"\360|ð|ð","\361|ñ|ñ","\362|ò|ò",
						"\363|ó|ó","\364|ô|ô","\365|õ|õ",
						"\366|ö|ö","\370|ø|ø","\371|ù|ù",
						"\372|ú|ú","\373|û|û","\374|ü|ü",
						"\375|ý|ý","\376|þ|þ","\377|ÿ|ÿ");

	
	var output = input;
	
	//loop through all elements in assocArray and replace all instances of
	//special characters (based on type)
	for (var i = 0; i < assocArray.length; i++)
	{
		//split array element
		parts = assocArray[i].toString().split("|");
		
		//build new RegExp object with global search flag
		regExp = new RegExp(parts[fromIndex],"g");
		
		output = output.replace(regExp, parts[toIndex]);
	}
  	
  	return output;
}


 function replaceAll(str, search, repl) {
  var modifier = str.length;

 while (str.indexOf(search) != -1)
    str = str.replace(search, repl);
 return str;
 } 
 
function charConvertStats(input)
{
    //declare variables
    var str= input;

 var spec = new Array("&eacute;", "&Eacute;", "&egrave;", "&Egrave;", "&ecric;", "&Ecric;", "&euml;", "&Euml;","&aelig;","&Aelig;", "&agrave;", "&Agrave;","&aacute;","&Aacute;","&Acirc;","&acirc;",
                        "&ograve;","&Ograve;","&ocirc;","&Ocirc;","&oelig;","&OElig;", "&ugrave;", "&Ugrave;", "&ccedil;", "&Ccedil;","'"," ","&rsquo;","%u2019","&lsquo;" ,"&lsaquo;","&raquo;"," ","%uFFFD","&#8216;","39","%27","%E2","%80","%99");
 var norm = new Array("e" ,"E", "e", "E", "e", "E", "e", "E","ae","Ae", "a", "A","a","A","a","A" ,"o","O","o","O","oe","Oe","u", "U", "c", "C", "_", "_","_","_","_","_","_","_","_","_","_","_","_","_","_");
 for (var i = 0; i < spec.length; i++) 
 str = replaceAll(str, spec[i], norm[i]); 
 
 var modifier = str.length;
 
 while (modifier >=0)
  {
   if(str.charAt(modifier-1)=='_')
   {
    str = str.substring(0, modifier-1)
   }
   else
   {
     break;
   }
  modifier = modifier - 1;
  }

    return (str);

}