/**
 * jQuery Cookie plugin
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2010 Klaus Hartl (stilbuero.de)
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 *
 */
jQuery.cookie = function (key, value, options) {

    // key and at least value given, set cookie...
    if (arguments.length > 1 && String(value) !== "[object Object]") {
        options = jQuery.extend({}, options);

        if (value === null || value === undefined) {
            options.expires = -1;
        }

        if (typeof options.expires === 'number') {
            var days = options.expires, t = options.expires = new Date();
            t.setDate(t.getDate() + days);
        }

        value = String(value);

        return (document.cookie = [
            encodeURIComponent(key), '=',
            options.raw ? value : cookie_encode(value),
            options.expires ? '; expires=' + options.expires.toUTCString() : '', // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
            options.path ? '; path=' + options.path : '',
            options.domain ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '',
            options.secure ? '; secure' : ''
        ].join(''));
    }

    // key and possibly options given, get cookie...
    options = value || {};
    var result, decode = options.raw ? function (s) { return s; } : decodeURIComponent;
    return (result = new RegExp('(?:^|; )' + encodeURIComponent(key) + '=([^;]*)').exec(document.cookie)) ? decode(result[1]) : null;
};

function cookie_encode(string){
	//full uri decode not only to encode ",; =" but to save uicode charaters
	var decoded = encodeURIComponent(string);
	//encod back common and allowed charaters {}:"#[] to save space and make the cookies more human readable
	var ns = decoded.replace(/(%7B|%7D|%3A|%22|%23|%5B|%5D)/g,function(charater){return decodeURIComponent(charater);});
	return ns;
}// JavaScript Document




/*
*
*
*	ADDED BY RYAN STEPHENS
*
*	Based on info from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1959455/how-to-store-an-array-in-jquery-cookie
*/

//This is not production quality, its just demo code.
var cookieList = function(cookieName) {
//When the cookie is saved the items will be a comma seperated string
//So we will split the cookie by comma to get the original array
var cookie = $.cookie(cookieName);
//Load the items or a new array if null.
var items = cookie ? cookie.split(/,/) : new Array();

//Return a object that we can use to access the array.
//while hiding direct access to the declared items array
//this is called closures see http://www.jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/closures.html
return {
    "add": function(val) {
        //Add to the items.
        items.push(val);
        //Save the items to a cookie.
        //EDIT: Modified from linked answer by Nick see 
        //      http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3387251/how-to-store-array-in-jquery-cookie
        $.cookie(cookieName, items.join(','));
    },
    "clear": function() {
        items = null;
        //clear the cookie.
        $.cookie(cookieName, null);
    },
    "items": function() {
        //Get all the items.
        return items;
    }
  }
}