var expDays = 30;
var exp = new Date();
exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));

function getCookieVal (offset) {
	var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
	if (endstr == -1)
		endstr = document.cookie.length;
		
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}
function getCookie (name) {
	var arg = name + "=";
	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 takes optional arguments for "expiration date, path, domain and secure*/
function setCookie (name, value) {
	var argv = setCookie.arguments;
	var argc = setCookie.arguments.length;
	var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
	var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
	var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
	var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
	
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
	((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
	((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
	((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
	((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}
	
function deleteCookie (name) {
	var exp = new Date();
	exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1);
	var cval = GetCookie (name);
	document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
}

var favorite = getCookie('animal');