var splitValues;
var i, iNum, iCookieCount;
var cookie = document.cookie;
var chkdCookie = delBlanks(cookie); // removing blank spaces
var nvpair = chkdCookie.split(";");
iCookieCount = 0;
for (i = 0; i < nvpair.length; ++i) {
    splitValues = nvpair[i].split("=");
    // checking the mail names
    if (splitValues[0] == "MyBriefcase") {
        var strCookieVal = trim(splitValues[1]);
        var arrMyCookie = strCookieVal.split("@#@http");
        for (iNum = 0; iNum < arrMyCookie.length; ++iNum) {
            var sCookie = arrMyCookie[iNum];
            if (trim(sCookie) != "") {
                iCookieCount++; // got the cookies count
            }
        }
        break
    }
}

//alert(iCookieCount)

function trim(value) {
    value = value.replace(/^\s+/, '');
    value = value.replace(/\s+$/, '');
    return value;
}

function delBlanks(strng) {
    var result = "";
    var i;
    var chrn;
    for (i = 0; i < strng.length; ++i) {
        chrn = strng.charAt(i);
        if (chrn != " ") result += chrn;
    }
    return result;
}