var $$ = function(arg){ return document.getElementById(arg); }

function htmlentities (string, quote_style) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: nobbler
    // +    tweaked by: Jack
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +    bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    // *     example 1: htmlentities('Kevin & van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin & van Zonneveld'
    // *     example 2: htmlentities("foo'bar","ENT_QUOTES");
    // *     returns 2: 'foo'bar'
 
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = this.get_html_translation_table('HTML_ENTITIES', quote_style))) {
        return false;
    }
    histogram["'"] = ''';
    for (symbol in histogram) {
        entity = histogram[symbol];
        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(symbol).join(entity);
    }
    
    return tmp_str;
}

function replaceIlegalChars(sSource){
	var s;
	s = encodeURIComponent(sSource);
	//s = s.replace("&", "%26");
	//s = s.replace("'", "%39");
	return s;

}