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Save name to cookie

  
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<!--
function set_it()
{
 var thename= window.prompt("What is your name?","");
 var the_text="name="+thename+"&";
 var toexpire= new Date("March 01, 2008");
 var expdate="expires="+toexpire.toGMTString();
 the_text+=expdate;
 
 var newtext=escape(the_text);
 document.cookie=newtext;
}

function read_it()
{
 if (document.cookie)
 {
  var mycookie=document.cookie;
  var fixed_cookie= unescape(mycookie);
  var thepairs= fixed_cookie.split("&");
  var pair1= thepairs[0];
  var pair2= thepairs[1];
  var namevalue1= pair1.split("=");
  window.alert("Welcome, "+namevalue1+"!");
 } else {
   set_it();
 }
}

read_it();
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
text text text
</BODY>
</HTML>
           
         
    
  








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