function strip(number) {
 var sOut = '';
 mask = '1234567890';
 for(count = 0; count <= number.length; count++) {
 	if(mask.indexOf(number.substring(count, count+1),0) != -1 ) sOut += number.substring(count,count+1);
 }
 return sOut;
}

function stripValue(field) {
 var sOut = '';
 mask = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
 for(count = 0; count <= field.length; count++) {
 	if(mask.indexOf(field.substring(count, count+1),0) != -1 ) sOut += field.substring(count,count+1);
 }
 return sOut;
}