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  // this function is need to work around 
  // a bug in IE related to element attributes
  function hasClass(obj) {
     var result = false;
     if (obj.getAttributeNode("class") != null) {
         result = obj.getAttributeNode("class").value;
     }
     return result;
  }   
 
 function stripe(id) {
 
    // the flag we'll use to keep track of 
    // whether the current row is odd or even
    var even = false;
  
    // if arguments are provided to specify the colours
    // of the even & odd rows, then use the them;
    // otherwise use the following defaults:
    var evenColor = arguments[1] ? arguments[1] : "#fff";
    var oddColor = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : "#eee";
    var tobeSearch = arguments[3] ? arguments[3] : "li";
  
    // obtain a reference to the desired OL/UL
    // if no such table exists, abort
    var ol_list = document.getElementById(id);
    if (! ol_list) { return; }
    
    // by definition, tables can have more than one tbody
    // element, so we'll have to get the list of child
    // &lt;tbody&gt;s 
    var ol_listing = ol_list.getElementsByTagName(tobeSearch);
 
    // and iterate through them...
    for (var h = 0; h < ol_listing.length; h++) {
		var mylist = ol_listing[h];
		 mylist.style.backgroundColor = even ? evenColor : oddColor;
		 // flip from odd to even, or vice-versa
        even =  ! even;
	}
	
}

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