function disableCounty(){
	var troop = document.getElementById('troop');
	var county = document.getElementById('county');
	if(troop.value != ''){
		county.disabled = true;
	}else{
		county.disabled = false;
	}
}

function cleanLicNum(LicInput){

    var LicNum = LicInput.value;
    if(LicNum.length > 0){
        LicNum = LicNum.replace(/[A-Za-z]/gi, "");
        while(LicNum.length < 5){
            LicNum = '0' + LicNum;
        }
        LicInput.value = LicNum;
    }
}

function valDate(date_field){
    var date_val = date_field.value;
    if(date_val){
        var date_format = new RegExp(/\d\d\/\d\d\/\d\d\d\d/);
        if(!date_format.test(date_val)) {
            alert('Invalid date entered. Please enter in the format MM/DD/YYYY.');
        }

    }

}

function cleanName(NameInput){

    var name = NameInput.value;

    name = name.replace(/'/gi, "");
    
    name = name.replace(/^the /gi, "");
    name = name.replace(/ the /gi, " ");
    name = name.replace(/ the$/gi, "");

    name = name.replace(/^a /gi, "");
    name = name.replace(/ a /gi, " ");
    name = name.replace(/ a$/gi, "");

    name = name.replace(/s$/gi, "");
    name = name.replace(/s /gi, " ");

    NameInput.value = name;
}