function ttSplitTag(str){
	return str.replace(/([',;(){}!'])/, ',').split(',');
}

function truncate(str, numChars, append){
	return (str.length<=numChars?str:str.substr(0,numChars-append.length)+append);
}

function removeHTML(str) {
	var strInputCode = str.replace(/&(lt|gt);/g, function (strMatch, p1){
		return (p1 == "lt")? "<" : ">";
	});
	var strTagStrippedText = strInputCode.replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, "");
	return strTagStrippedText;
}