function formCookie(sectionid) {
	var tempCookieStore = new Array();
	var date = new Date();
	var cookie;
	var i = sectionid
	date.setTime(date.getTime()+(5*365*24*60*60*1000));
	var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	for (h = 1; h < maxSelections+1; h++) {
			for (j = 0; j < feeds[i].length; j++) {
				for (k = 0; k < feeds[i][j].length; k++) {
					if (feeds[i][j][k].selected == h) {
						tempCookieStore.push(feeds[i][j][k].path);
					}
				}
			}
	}
	
	cookie = tempCookieStore[0];
	for (i = 1; i < tempCookieStore.length; i++)  {
		cookie = cookie + "|"; 
		var cookie = cookie + tempCookieStore[i];
 	}
	document.cookie = "selection"+sectionid+"="+cookie+expires+"; path=/";
	document.write = "your cookie has been saved"
}

function getCookie(cname) 
{
 var arg=cname+"="; 
 var alen=arg.length;
 var clen=document.cookie.length; var i=0;
 while (i<clen) 
 {
  var j=i+alen;
  if (document.cookie.substring(i,j)==arg) return getCookieVal (j);
			i=document.cookie.indexOf(" ",i)+ 1;
  if (i==0) break;
 } 
 return null;
}

function readCookieIn(feedIndex, categorylistid, feedlistid, cookiename) {
	var cookie = getCookie(cookiename+feedIndex);	
	if (cookie == null) {
		return;
	}
	var tempCookieStore = new Array();
	tempCookieStore = cookie.split('|');
	for (h = 1; h < maxSelections + 1; h++) {
			for (j = 0; j < feeds[feedIndex].length; j++) {
				for (k = 0; k < feeds[feedIndex][j].length; k++) {
					if(tempCookieStore[h-1] == feeds[feedIndex][j][k].path) {
						feeds[feedIndex][j][k].selected = h;
					}
				}
			}
	}
	displayTeams(currSport, feedIndex, feedlistid, categorylistid)
}

function getCookieVal(offset) 
{
 var endstr=document.cookie.indexOf(";",offset);
 if (endstr==-1)
 endstr=document.cookie.length;
 return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset,endstr));
}