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			  function isEmailAddr(email)
			{
			  var result = false;
			  var theStr = new String(email);
			  var index = theStr.indexOf("@");
			  if (index > 0)
			  {
				var pindex = theStr.indexOf(".",index);
				if ((pindex > index+1) && (theStr.length > pindex+1))
				result = true;
			  }
			  return result;
			}
			
			function validRequired(formField,fieldLabel)
			{
				var result = true;
				
				if (formField.value == "")
				{
					alert('REQUIRED: Please enter ' + fieldLabel +'');
					formField.focus();
					result = false;
				}
				
				return result;
			}
			
			function allDigits(str)
			{
				return inValidCharSet(str,"0123456789");
			}
			
			function inValidCharSet(str,charset)
			{
				var result = true;
			
				// Note: doesn't use regular expressions to avoid early Mac browser bugs	
				for (var i=0;i<str.length;i++)
					if (charset.indexOf(str.substr(i,1))<0)
					{
						result = false;
						break;
					}
				
				return result;
			}
			
			function validEmail(formField,fieldLabel,required)
			{
				var result = true;
				
				if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
					result = false;
			
				if (result && ((formField.value.length < 3) || !isEmailAddr(formField.value)) )
				{
					alert("Please enter a complete email address in the form: yourname@yourdomain.com");
					formField.focus();
					result = false;
				}
			   
			  return result;
			
			}
			
			function validNum(formField,fieldLabel,required)
			{
				var result = true;
			
				if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
					result = false;
			  
				if (result)
				{
					if (!allDigits(formField.value))
					{
						alert('Please enter a number for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
						formField.focus();		
						result = false;
					}
				} 
				
				return result;
			}
			
			
			function validInt(formField,fieldLabel,required)
			{
				var result = true;
			
				if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
					result = false;
			  
				if (result)
				{
					var num = parseInt(formField.value,10);
					if (isNaN(num))
					{
						alert('Please enter a number for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
						formField.focus();		
						result = false;
					}
				} 
				
				return result;
			}
			
			
			function validDate(formField,fieldLabel,required)
			{
				var result = true;
			
				if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
					result = false;
			  
				if (result)
				{
					var elems = formField.value.split("/");
					
					result = (elems.length == 3); // should be three components
					
					if (result)
					{
						var month = parseInt(elems[0],10);
						var day = parseInt(elems[1],10);
						var year = parseInt(elems[2],10);
						result = allDigits(elems[0]) && (month > 0) && (month < 13) &&
								 allDigits(elems[1]) && (day > 0) && (day < 32) &&
								 allDigits(elems[2]) && ((elems[2].length == 2) || (elems[2].length == 4));
					}
					
					if (!result)
					{
						alert('Please enter a date in the format MM/DD/YYYY for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
						formField.focus();		
					}
				} 
				
				return result;
			}

function validateForm(theForm)
{

	// Customize these calls for your form

	// Start ->

	if (!validRequired(theForm.contact_name,"your name."))
		return false;

	if (!validEmail(theForm.email,"your email address.",true))
		return false;
		
	if (!validRequired(theForm.home_phone,"your phone number."))
		return false;
		
	if (!validRequired(theForm.number_people,"the number of people for which you are renting gear."))
		return false;
		
	// <- End
	
	return true;
}
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