/* **********************************************************
	*
	*	clean_data
	*
	************************************************************/

function clean_data(val){

	/*
	html_chars = Array(Array("•", "•"), Array("‘", "‘"), Array("’", "’"), Array("%5C", "/"), Array("…", "..."), 
		, Array("“", "\""), Array("”", "\""), Array("–", "\""));
	*/

	val = trimWhiteSpace(val);
	//alert_test("[" + val + "]");
	val = val.replace(/&/g,'%26');
	val = val.replace(/•/g,'%95');
	val = val.replace(/‘/g,"'");
	val = val.replace(/’/g,"'");
	val = val.replace(/…/g,"...");
	val = val.replace(/“/g,"\"");
	val = val.replace(/”/g,"\"");
	val = val.replace(/–/g,"-");
	val = val.replace(/—/g,"-");
	val = val.replace(/™/g,"<sup>TM</sup>");
	val = val.replace(/\+/g,'%2B');
	
	alert_test(val);
	
	return val
}