    /**
     * @class Ext.util.Format
     * Reusable data formatting functions
     * @singleton
     */
    Ext.util.Format = function(){
        var trimRe = /^\s+|\s+$/g,
            stripTagsRE = /<\/?[^>]+>/gi,
            stripScriptsRe = /(?:)((\n|\r|.)*?)(?:<\/script>)/ig,
            nl2brRe = /\r?\n/g;

        return {
            /**
             * Truncate a string and add an ellipsis ('...') to the end if it exceeds the specified length
             * @param {String} value The string to truncate
             * @param {Number} length The maximum length to allow before truncating
             * @param {Boolean} word True to try to find a common work break
             * @return {String} The converted text
             */
            ellipsis : function(value, len, word){
                if(value && value.length > len){
                    if(word){
                        var vs = value.substr(0, len - 2),
                            index = Math.max(vs.lastIndexOf(' '), vs.lastIndexOf('.'), vs.lastIndexOf('!'), vs.lastIndexOf('?'));
                        if(index == -1 || index < (len - 15)){
                            return value.substr(0, len - 3) + "...";
                        }else{
                            return vs.substr(0, index) + "...";
                        }
                    } else{
                        return value.substr(0, len - 3) + "...";
                    }
                }
                return value;
            },

            /**
             * Checks a reference and converts it to empty string if it is undefined
             * @param {Mixed} value Reference to check
             * @return {Mixed} Empty string if converted, otherwise the original value
             */
            undef : function(value){
                return value !== undefined ? value : "";
            },

            /**
             * Checks a reference and converts it to the default value if it's empty
             * @param {Mixed} value Reference to check
             * @param {String} defaultValue The value to insert of it's undefined (defaults to "")
             * @return {String}
             */
            defaultValue : function(value, defaultValue){
                return value !== undefined && value !== '' ? value : defaultValue;
            },

            /**
             * Convert certain characters (&, <, >, and ') to their HTML character equivalents for literal display in web pages.
             * @param {String} value The string to encode
             * @return {String} The encoded text
             */
            htmlEncode : function(value){
                return !value ? value : String(value).replace(/&/g, "&").replace(/>/g, ">").replace(//**
             * Convert certain characters (&, <, >, and ') from their HTML character equivalents.
             * @param {String} value The string to decode
             * @return {String} The decoded text
             */
            htmlDecode : function(value){
                return !value ? value : String(value).replace(/>/g, ">").replace(/</g, "<").replace(/"/g, '"').replace(/&/g, "&");
            },

            /**
             * Trims any whitespace from either side of a string
             * @param {String} value The text to trim
             * @return {String} The trimmed text
             */
            trim : function(value){
                return String(value).replace(trimRe, "");
            },

            /**
             * Returns a substring from within an original string
             * @param {String} value The original text
             * @param {Number} start The start index of the substring
             * @param {Number} length The length of the substring
             * @return {String} The substring
             */
            substr : function(value, start, length){
                return String(value).substr(start, length);
            },

            /**
             * Converts a string to all lower case letters
             * @param {String} value The text to convert
             * @return {String} The converted text
             */
            lowercase : function(value){
                return String(value).toLowerCase();
            },

            /**
             * Converts a string to all upper case letters
             * @param {String} value The text to convert
             * @return {String} The converted text
             */
            uppercase : function(value){
                return String(value).toUpperCase();
            },

            /**
             * Converts the first character only of a string to upper case
             * @param {String} value The text to convert
             * @return {String} The converted text
             */
            capitalize : function(value){
                return !value ? value : value.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + value.substr(1).toLowerCase();
            },

            // private
            call : function(value, fn){
                if(arguments.length > 2){
                    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
                    args.unshift(value);
                    return eval(fn).apply(window, args);
                }else{
                    return eval(fn).call(window, value);
                }
            },

            /**
             * Format a number as US currency
             * @param {Number/String} value The numeric value to format
             * @return {String} The formatted currency string
             */
            usMoney : function(v){
                v = (Math.round((v-0)*100))/100;
                v = (v == Math.floor(v)) ? v + ".00" : ((v*10 == Math.floor(v*10)) ? v + "0" : v);
                v = String(v);
                var ps = v.split('.'),
                    whole = ps[0],
                    sub = ps[1] ? '.'+ ps[1] : '.00',
                    r = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
                while (r.test(whole)) {
                    whole = whole.replace(r, '$1' + ',' + '$2');
                }
                v = whole + sub;
                if(v.charAt(0) == '-'){
                    return '-$' + v.substr(1);
                }
                return "$" +  v;
            },

            /**
             * Parse a value into a formatted date using the specified format pattern.
             * @param {String/Date} value The value to format (Strings must conform to the format expected by the javascript Date object's parse() method)
             * @param {String} format (optional) Any valid date format string (defaults to 'm/d/Y')
             * @return {String} The formatted date string
             */
            date : function(v, format){
                if(!v){
                    return "";
                }
                if(!Ext.isDate(v)){
                    v = new Date(Date.parse(v));
                }
                return v.dateFormat(format || "m/d/Y");
            },

            /**
             * Returns a date rendering function that can be reused to apply a date format multiple times efficiently
             * @param {String} format Any valid date format string
             * @return {Function} The date formatting function
             */
            dateRenderer : function(format){
                return function(v){
                    return Ext.util.Format.date(v, format);
                };
            },

            /**
             * Strips all HTML tags
             * @param {Mixed} value The text from which to strip tags
             * @return {String} The stripped text
             */
            stripTags : function(v){
                return !v ? v : String(v).replace(stripTagsRE, "");
            },

            /**
             * Strips all script tags
             * @param {Mixed} value The text from which to strip script tags
             * @return {String} The stripped text
             */
            stripScripts : function(v){
                return !v ? v : String(v).replace(stripScriptsRe, "");
            },

            /**
             * Simple format for a file size (xxx bytes, xxx KB, xxx MB)
             * @param {Number/String} size The numeric value to format
             * @return {String} The formatted file size
             */
            fileSize : function(size){
                if(size < 1024) {
                    return size + " bytes";
                } else if(size < 1048576) {
                    return (Math.round(((size*10) / 1024))/10) + " KB";
                } else {
                    return (Math.round(((size*10) / 1048576))/10) + " MB";
                }
            },

            /**
             * It does simple math for use in a template, for example:
             * var tpl = new Ext.Template('{value} * 10 = {value:math("* 10")}');
             *
             * @return {Function} A function that operates on the passed value.
             */
            math : function(){
                var fns = {};
                return function(v, a){
                    if(!fns[a]){
                        fns[a] = new Function('v', 'return v ' + a + ';');
                    }
                    return fns[a](v);
                }
            }(),

            /**
             * Rounds the passed number to the required decimal precision.
             * @param {Number/String} value The numeric value to round.
             * @param {Number} precision The number of decimal places to which to round the first parameter's value.
             * @return {Number} The rounded value.
             */
            round : function(value, precision) {
                var result = Number(value);
                if (typeof precision == 'number') {
                    precision = Math.pow(10, precision);
                    result = Math.round(value * precision) / precision;
                }
                return result;
            },

            /**
             * Formats the number according to the format string.
             * examples (123456.789):
             *
             * 0 - (123456) show only digits, no precision

             * 0.00 - (123456.78) show only digits, 2 precision

             * 0.0000 - (123456.7890) show only digits, 4 precision

             * 0,000 - (123,456) show comma and digits, no precision

             * 0,000.00 - (123,456.78) show comma and digits, 2 precision

             * 0,0.00 - (123,456.78) shortcut method, show comma and digits, 2 precision

             * To reverse the grouping (,) and decimal (.) for international numbers, add /i to the end.
             * For example: 0.000,00/i
             *
             * @param {Number} v The number to format.
             * @param {String} format The way you would like to format this text.
             * @return {String} The formatted number.
             */
            number: function(v, format) {
                if(!format){
    		        return v;
    		    }
    		    v = Ext.num(v, NaN);
                if (isNaN(v)){
                    return '';
                }
    		    var comma = ',',
    		        dec = '.',
    		        i18n = false,
    		        neg = v < 0;

    		    v = Math.abs(v);
    		    if(format.substr(format.length - 2) == '/i'){
    		        format = format.substr(0, format.length - 2);
    		        i18n = true;
    		        comma = '.';
    		        dec = ',';
    		    }

    		    var hasComma = format.indexOf(comma) != -1,
    		        psplit = (i18n ? format.replace(/[^\d\,]/g, '') : format.replace(/[^\d\.]/g, '')).split(dec);

    		    if(1 < psplit.length){
    		        v = v.toFixed(psplit[1].length);
    		    }else if(2 < psplit.length){
    		        throw ('NumberFormatException: invalid format, formats should have no more than 1 period: ' + format);
    		    }else{
    		        v = v.toFixed(0);
    		    }

    		    var fnum = v.toString();
    		    if(hasComma){
    		        psplit = fnum.split('.');

    		        var cnum = psplit[0], parr = [], j = cnum.length, m = Math.floor(j / 3), n = cnum.length % 3 || 3;

    		        for(var i = 0; i < j; i += n){
    		            if(i != 0){
    		                n = 3;
    		            }
    		            parr[parr.length] = cnum.substr(i, n);
    		            m -= 1;
    		        }
    		        fnum = parr.join(comma);
    		        if(psplit[1]){
    		            fnum += dec + psplit[1];
    		        }
    		    }

    		    return (neg ? '-' : '') + format.replace(/[\d,?\.?]+/, fnum);
            },

            /**
             * Returns a number rendering function that can be reused to apply a number format multiple times efficiently
             * @param {String} format Any valid number format string for {@link #number}
             * @return {Function} The number formatting function
             */
            numberRenderer : function(format){
                return function(v){
                    return Ext.util.Format.number(v, format);
                };
            },

            /**
             * Selectively do a plural form of a word based on a numeric value. For example, in a template,
             * {commentCount:plural("Comment")}  would result in "1 Comment" if commentCount was 1 or would be "x Comments"
             * if the value is 0 or greater than 1.
             * @param {Number} value The value to compare against
             * @param {String} singular The singular form of the word
             * @param {String} plural (optional) The plural form of the word (defaults to the singular with an "s")
             */
            plural : function(v, s, p){
                return v +' ' + (v == 1 ? s : (p ? p : s+'s'));
            },

            /**
             * Converts newline characters to the HTML tag <br/>
             * @param {String} The string value to format.
             * @return {String} The string with embedded <br/> tags in place of newlines.
             */
            nl2br : function(v){
                return Ext.isEmpty(v) ? '' : v.replace(nl2brRe, '
    ');
            }
        }
    }();