jQuery.autocomplete = function(input, options) {
    // Create a link to self 
    var me = this;
    // Create jQuery object for input element 
    var $input = $(input).attr("autocomplete", "off");
    // Apply inputClass if necessary 
    if (options.inputClass) $input.addClass(options.inputClass);
    // Create results 
    var results = document.createElement("div");
    // Create jQuery object for results 
    var $results = $(results);
    $results.hide().addClass(options.resultsClass).css("position", "absolute");
    if (options.width > 0) $results.css("width", options.width);
    // Add to body element 
    $("body").append(results);
    input.autocompleter = me;
    var timeout = null;
    var prev = "";
    var active = -1;
    var cache = {};
    var keyb = false;
    var hasFocus = false;
    var lastKeyPressCode = null;
    // flush cache 
    function flushCache() {
        cache = {};
        cache.data = {};
        cache.length = 0;
    };
    // flush cache 
    flushCache();
    // if there is a data array supplied 
    if (options.data != null) {
        var sFirstChar = "", stMatchSets = {}, row = [];
        // no url was specified, we need to adjust the cache length to make sure it fits the local data store 
        if (typeof options.url != "string") options.cacheLength = 1;
        // loop through the array and create a lookup structure 
        for (var i = 0; i < options.data.length; i++) {
            // if row is a string, make an array otherwise just reference the array 
            row = ((typeof options.data[i] == "string") ? [options.data[i]] : options.data[i]);
            // if the length is zero, don't add to list 
            if (row[0].length > 0) {
                // get the first character 
                sFirstChar = row[0].substring(0, 1).toLowerCase();
                // if no lookup array for this character exists, look it up now 
                if (!stMatchSets[sFirstChar]) stMatchSets[sFirstChar] = [];
                // if the match is a string 
                stMatchSets[sFirstChar].push(row);
            }
        }
        // add the data items to the cache 
        for (var k in stMatchSets) {
            // increase the cache size 
            options.cacheLength++;
            // add to the cache 
            addToCache(k, stMatchSets[k]);
        }
    }
    $input
.keydown(function(e) {
    // track last key pressed 
    lastKeyPressCode = e.keyCode;
    switch (e.keyCode) {
        case 38: // up 
            e.preventDefault();
            moveSelect(-1);
            break;
        case 40: // down 
            e.preventDefault();
            moveSelect(1);
            break;
        case 9: // tab 
        case 13: // return 
            if (selectCurrent()) {
                // make sure to blur off the current field 
                $input.get(0).blur();
                e.preventDefault();
            }
            break;
        default:
            active = -1;
            if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
            timeout = setTimeout(function() { onChange(); }, options.delay);
            break;
    }
})
.focus(function() {
    // track whether the field has focus, we shouldn't process any results if the field no longer has focus 
    hasFocus = true;
})
.blur(function() {
    // track whether the field has focus 
    hasFocus = false;
    hideResults();
})
.bind("input", function() {
    // @hack:support for inputing chinese characters in firefox 
    onChange(0, true);
});
    hideResultsNow();
    function onChange() {
        // ignore if the following keys are pressed: [del] [shift] [capslock] 
        if (lastKeyPressCode == 46 || (lastKeyPressCode > 8 && lastKeyPressCode < 32)) return $results.hide();
        var v = $input.val();
        if (v == prev) return;
        prev = v;
        if (v.length >= options.minChars) {
            $input.addClass(options.loadingClass);
            requestData(v);
        } else {
            $input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
            $results.hide();
        }
    };
    function moveSelect(step) {
        var lis = $("li", results);
        if (!lis) return;
        active += step;
        if (active < 0) {
            active = 0;
        } else if (active >= lis.size()) {
            active = lis.size() - 1;
        }
        lis.removeClass("ac_over");
        $(lis[active]).addClass("ac_over");
        // Weird behaviour in IE 
        // if (lis[active] && lis[active].scrollIntoView) { 
        // lis[active].scrollIntoView(false); 
        // } 
    };
    function selectCurrent() {
        var li = $("li.ac_over", results)[0];
        if (!li) {
            var $li = $("li", results);
            if (options.selectOnly) {
                if ($li.length == 1) li = $li[0];
            } else if (options.selectFirst) {
                li = $li[0];
            }
        }
        if (li) {
            selectItem(li);
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    };
    function selectItem(li) {
        if (!li) {
            li = document.createElement("li");
            li.extra = [];
            li.selectValue = "";
        }
        var v = $.trim(li.selectValue ? li.selectValue : li.innerHTML);
        input.lastSelected = v;
        prev = v;
        $results.html("");
        $input.val(v);
        hideResultsNow();
        if (options.onItemSelect) setTimeout(function() { options.onItemSelect(li) }, 1);
    };
    // selects a portion of the input string 
    function createSelection(start, end) {
        // get a reference to the input element 
        var field = $input.get(0);
        if (field.createTextRange) {
            var selRange = field.createTextRange();
            selRange.collapse(true);
            selRange.moveStart("character", start);
            selRange.moveEnd("character", end);
            selRange.select();
        } else if (field.setSelectionRange) {
            field.setSelectionRange(start, end);
        } else {
            if (field.selectionStart) {
                field.selectionStart = start;
                field.selectionEnd = end;
            }
        }
        field.focus();
    };
    // fills in the input box w/the first match (assumed to be the best match) 
    function autoFill(sValue) {
        // if the last user key pressed was backspace, don't autofill 
        if (lastKeyPressCode != 8) {
            // fill in the value (keep the case the user has typed) 
            $input.val($input.val() + sValue.substring(prev.length));
            // select the portion of the value not typed by the user (so the next character will erase) 
            createSelection(prev.length, sValue.length);
        }
    };
    function showResults() {
        // get the position of the input field right now (in case the DOM is shifted) 
        var pos = findPos(input);
        // either use the specified width, or autocalculate based on form element 
        var iWidth = (options.width > 0) ? options.width : $input.width();
        // reposition 
        $results.css({
            width: parseInt(iWidth) + "px",
            top: (pos.y + input.offsetHeight) + "px",
            left: pos.x + "px"
        }).show();
    };
    function hideResults() {
        if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
        timeout = setTimeout(hideResultsNow, 200);
    };
    function hideResultsNow() {
        if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
        $input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
        if ($results.is(":visible")) {
            $results.hide();
        }
        if (options.mustMatch) {
            var v = $input.val();
            if (v != input.lastSelected) {
                selectItem(null);
            }
        }
    };
    function receiveData(q, data) {
        if (data) {
            $input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
            results.innerHTML = "";
            // if the field no longer has focus or if there are no matches, do not display the drop down 
            if (!hasFocus || data.length == 0) return hideResultsNow();
            if ($.browser.msie) {
                // we put a styled iframe behind the calendar so HTML SELECT elements don't show through 
                $results.append(document.createElement('iframe'));
            }
            results.appendChild(dataToDom(data));
            // autofill in the complete box w/the first match as long as the user hasn't entered in more data 
            if (options.autoFill && ($input.val().toLowerCase() == q.toLowerCase())) autoFill(data[0][0]);
            showResults();
        } else {
            hideResultsNow();
        }
    };
    function parseData(data) {
        if (!data) return null;
        var parsed = [];
        var rows = data.split(options.lineSeparator);
        for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
            var row = $.trim(rows[i]);
            if (row) {
                parsed[parsed.length] = row.split(options.cellSeparator);
            }
        }
        return parsed;
    };
    function dataToDom(data) {
        var ul = document.createElement("ul");
        var num = data.length;
        // limited results to a max number 
        if ((options.maxItemsToShow > 0) && (options.maxItemsToShow < num)) num = options.maxItemsToShow;
        for (var i = 0; i < num; i++) {
            var row = data[i];
            if (!row) continue;
            var li = document.createElement("li");
            if (options.formatItem) {
                li.innerHTML = options.formatItem(row, i, num);
                li.selectValue = row[0];
            } else {
                li.innerHTML = row[0];
                li.selectValue = row[0];
            }
            var extra = null;
            if (row.length > 1) {
                extra = [];
                for (var j = 1; j < row.length; j++) {
                    extra[extra.length] = row[j];
                }
            }
            li.extra = extra;
            ul.appendChild(li);
            $(li).hover(
function() { $("li", ul).removeClass("ac_over"); $(this).addClass("ac_over"); active = $("li", ul).indexOf($(this).get(0)); },
function() { $(this).removeClass("ac_over"); }
).click(function(e) { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); selectItem(this) });
        }
        return ul;
    };
    function requestData(q) {
        if (!options.matchCase) q = q.toLowerCase();
        var data = options.cacheLength ? loadFromCache(q) : null;
        // recieve the cached data 
        if (data) {
            receiveData(q, data);
            // if an AJAX url has been supplied, try loading the data now 
        } else if ((typeof options.url == "string") && (options.url.length > 0)) {
            $.get(makeUrl(q), function(data) {
                data = parseData(data);
                addToCache(q, data);
                receiveData(q, data);
            });
            // if there's been no data found, remove the loading class 
        } else {
            $input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
        }
    };
    function makeUrl(q) {
        var url = options.url + "?q=" + escape(q);
        for (var i in options.extraParams) {
            url += "&" + i + "=" + escape(options.extraParams[i]);
        }
        return url;
    };
    function loadFromCache(q) {
        if (!q) return null;
        if (cache.data[q]) return cache.data[q];
        if (options.matchSubset) {
            for (var i = q.length - 1; i >= options.minChars; i--) {
                var qs = q.substr(0, i);
                var c = cache.data[qs];
                if (c) {
                    var csub = [];
                    for (var j = 0; j < c.length; j++) {
                        var x = c[j];
                        var x0 = x[0];
                        if (matchSubset(x0, q)) {
                            csub[csub.length] = x;
                        }
                    }
                    return csub;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    };
    function matchSubset(s, sub) {
        if (!options.matchCase) s = s.toLowerCase();
        var i = s.indexOf(sub);
        if (i == -1) return false;
        return i == 0 || options.matchContains;
    };
    this.flushCache = function() {
        flushCache();
    };
    this.setExtraParams = function(p) {
        options.extraParams = p;
    };
    this.findValue = function() {
        var q = $input.val();
        if (!options.matchCase) q = q.toLowerCase();
        var data = options.cacheLength ? loadFromCache(q) : null;
        if (data) {
            findValueCallback(q, data);
        } else if ((typeof options.url == "string") && (options.url.length > 0)) {
            $.get(makeUrl(q), function(data) {
                data = parseData(data)
                addToCache(q, data);
                findValueCallback(q, data);
            });
        } else {
            // no matches 
            findValueCallback(q, null);
        }
    }
    function findValueCallback(q, data) {
        if (data) $input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
        var num = (data) ? data.length : 0;
        var li = null;
        for (var i = 0; i < num; i++) {
            var row = data[i];
            if (row[0].toLowerCase() == q.toLowerCase()) {
                li = document.createElement("li");
                if (options.formatItem) {
                    li.innerHTML = options.formatItem(row, i, num);
                    li.selectValue = row[0];
                } else {
                    li.innerHTML = row[0];
                    li.selectValue = row[0];
                }
                var extra = null;
                if (row.length > 1) {
                    extra = [];
                    for (var j = 1; j < row.length; j++) {
                        extra[extra.length] = row[j];
                    }
                }
                li.extra = extra;
            }
        }
        if (options.onFindValue) setTimeout(function() { options.onFindValue(li) }, 1);
    }
    function addToCache(q, data) {
        if (!data || !q || !options.cacheLength) return;
        if (!cache.length || cache.length > options.cacheLength) {
            flushCache();
            cache.length++;
        } else if (!cache[q]) {
            cache.length++;
        }
        cache.data[q] = data;
    };
    function findPos(obj) {
        var curleft = obj.offsetLeft || 0;
        var curtop = obj.offsetTop || 0;
        while (obj = obj.offsetParent) {
            curleft += obj.offsetLeft
            curtop += obj.offsetTop
        }
        return { x: curleft, y: curtop };
    }
}
jQuery.fn.autocomplete = function(url, options, data) {
    // Make sure options exists 
    options = options || {};
    // Set url as option 
    options.url = url;
    // set some bulk local data 
    options.data = ((typeof data == "object") && (data.constructor == Array)) ? data : null;
    // Set default values for required options 
    options.inputClass = options.inputClass || "ac_input";
    options.resultsClass = options.resultsClass || "ac_results";
    options.lineSeparator = options.lineSeparator || "\n";
    options.cellSeparator = options.cellSeparator || "|";
    options.minChars = options.minChars || 1;
    options.delay = options.delay || 400;
    options.matchCase = options.matchCase || 0;
    options.matchSubset = options.matchSubset || 1;
    options.matchContains = options.matchContains || 0;
    options.cacheLength = options.cacheLength || 1;
    options.mustMatch = options.mustMatch || 0;
    options.extraParams = options.extraParams || {};
    options.loadingClass = options.loadingClass || "ac_loading";
    options.selectFirst = options.selectFirst || false;
    options.selectOnly = options.selectOnly || false;
    options.maxItemsToShow = options.maxItemsToShow || -1;
    options.autoFill = options.autoFill || false;
    options.width = parseInt(options.width, 10) || 0;
    this.each(function() {
        var input = this;
        new jQuery.autocomplete(input, options);
    });
    // Don't break the chain 
    return this;
}
jQuery.fn.autocompleteArray = function(data, options) {
    return this.autocomplete(null, options, data);
}
jQuery.fn.indexOf = function(e) {
    for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
        if (this[i] == e) return i;
    }
    return -1;
};