item = {
    parseQuery:
        function(separator) { var match = this.strip().match(/([^?#]*)(#.*)?$/); if (!match) return {}; return match[1].split(separator || '&').inject({}, function(hash, pair) { if ((pair = pair.split('='))[0]) { var name = decodeURIComponent(pair[0]); var value = pair[1] ? decodeURIComponent(pair[1]) : undefined; if (hash[name] !== undefined) { if (hash[name].constructor != Array) hash[name] = [hash[name]]; if (value) hash[name].push(value); } else hash[name] = value; } return hash; }); },
    inspect:
        function(useDoubleQuotes) { var escapedString = this.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\'); if (useDoubleQuotes) return '"' + escapedString.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"'; else return "'" + escapedString.replace(/'/g, '\\\'') + "'"; },
    dasherize:
        function() { return this.gsub(/_/,'-'); },
    underscore:
        function() { return this.gsub(/::/, '/').gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'#{1}_#{2}').gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'#{1}_#{2}').gsub(/-/,'_').toLowerCase(); },
    capitalize:
        function(){ return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + this.substring(1).toLowerCase(); },
    camelize:
        function() { var parts = this.split('-'), len = parts.length; if (len == 1) return parts[0]; var camelized = this.charAt(0) == '-' ? parts[0].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + parts[0].substring(1) : parts[0]; for (var i = 1; i < len; i++) camelized += parts[i].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + parts[i].substring(1); return camelized; },
    succ:
        function() { return this.slice(0, this.length - 1) + String.fromCharCode(this.charCodeAt(this.length - 1) + 1); },
    toArray:
        function() { return this.split(''); },
    toQueryParams:
        function(separator) { var match = this.strip().match(/([^?#]*)(#.*)?$/); if (!match) return {}; return match[1].split(separator || '&').inject({}, function(hash, pair) { if ((pair = pair.split('='))[0]) { var name = decodeURIComponent(pair[0]); var value = pair[1] ? decodeURIComponent(pair[1]) : undefined; if (hash[name] !== undefined) { if (hash[name].constructor != Array) hash[name] = [hash[name]]; if (value) hash[name].push(value); } else hash[name] = value; } return hash; }); },
    unescapeHTML:
        function() { var div = document.createElement('div'); div.innerHTML = this.stripTags(); return div.childNodes[0] ? (div.childNodes.length > 1 ? $A(div.childNodes).inject('',function(memo,node){ return memo+node.nodeValue }) : div.childNodes[0].nodeValue) : ''; },
    escapeHTML:
        function() { var div = document.createElement('div'); var text = document.createTextNode(this); div.appendChild(text); return div.innerHTML; },
    evalScripts:
        function() { return this.extractScripts().map(function(script) { return eval(script) }); },
    extractScripts:
        function() { var matchAll = new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img'); var matchOne = new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'im'); return (this.match(matchAll) || []).map(function(scriptTag) { return (scriptTag.match(matchOne) || ['', ''])[1]; }); },
    stripScripts:
        function() { return this.replace(new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img'), ''); },
    stripTags:
        function() { return this.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, ''); },
    strip:
        function() { return this.replace(/^\s+/, '').replace(/\s+$/, ''); },
    truncate:
        function(length, truncation) { length = length || 30; truncation = truncation === undefined ? '...' : truncation; return this.length > length ? this.slice(0, length - truncation.length) + truncation : this; },
    scan:
        function(pattern, iterator) { this.gsub(pattern, iterator); return this; },
    gsub:
        function(pattern, replacement) { var result = '', source = this, match; replacement = arguments.callee.prepareReplacement(replacement); while (source.length > 0) { if (match = source.match(pattern)) { result += source.slice(0, match.index); result += String.interpret(replacement(match)); source = source.slice(match.index + match[0].length); } else { result += source, source = ''; } } return result; }
};