function extractNumber(obj, decimalPlaces, allowNegative) {
    var temp = obj.value;

    // avoid changing things if already formatted correctly
    var reg0Str = '[0-9]*';
    if (decimalPlaces > 0) {
        reg0Str += '\\.?[0-9]{0,' + decimalPlaces + '}';
    } else if (decimalPlaces < 0) {
        reg0Str += '\\.?[0-9]*';
    }
    reg0Str = allowNegative ? '^-?' + reg0Str : '^' + reg0Str;
    reg0Str = reg0Str + '$';
    var reg0 = new RegExp(reg0Str);
    
    if (reg0.test(temp)) return true;

    // first replace all non numbers
    var reg1Str = '[^0-9' + (decimalPlaces != 0 ? '.' : '') + (allowNegative ? '-' : '') + ']';
    var reg1 = new RegExp(reg1Str, 'g');

    temp = temp.replace(reg1, '');

    if (allowNegative) {
        // replace extra negative
        var hasNegative = temp.length > 0 && temp.charAt(0) == '-';
        var reg2 = /-/g;
        temp = temp.replace(reg2, '');
        if (hasNegative) temp = '-' + temp;
    }
    if (decimalPlaces != 0) {
        var reg3 = /\./g;
        var reg3Array = reg3.exec(temp);
        if (reg3Array != null) {
            // keep only first occurrence of .
            //  and the number of places specified by decimalPlaces or the entire string if decimalPlaces < 0
            var reg3Right = temp.substring(reg3Array.index + reg3Array[0].length);
            reg3Right = reg3Right.replace(reg3, '');
            reg3Right = decimalPlaces > 0 ? reg3Right.substring(0, decimalPlaces) : reg3Right;
            temp = temp.substring(0, reg3Array.index) + '.' + reg3Right;
        }
    }
    obj.value = temp;
}

function extractKeysExp(obj, reg0Str, reg1Str, decimalPlaces) {

    var temp = obj.value;

    var reg0 = new RegExp(reg0Str);
    if (reg0.test(temp)) return true;

    var reg1 = new RegExp(reg1Str);
    temp = temp.replace(reg1, '');
    if (decimalPlaces != 0) {
        var reg3 = /\./g;
        var reg3Array = reg3.exec(temp);
        if (reg3Array != null) {
            // keep only first occurrence of .
            //  and the number of places specified by decimalPlaces or the entire string if decimalPlaces < 0
            var reg3Right = temp.substring(reg3Array.index + reg3Array[0].length);
            reg3Right = reg3Right.replace(reg3, '');
            reg3Right = decimalPlaces > 0 ? reg3Right : reg3Right;
            temp = temp.substring(0, reg3Array.index) + '.' + reg3Right;
        }
    }
    obj.value = temp;
}