var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
var theWidgetOne        = "_";
var theWidgetTwo        = "-";
var theWidgetNone       = "";
var theLeadString       = "أخبار الـ بي بي سي";
var theSummaries = new Array();
var theSiteLinks = new Array();
var theItemCount = 0;
var count = 0;
var languageCode = "";

jQuery(document).ready(function(){

	jQuery('a.ticker-entry').each(function(){
		theSummaries[theSummaries.length] = jQuery(this).text();
		theSiteLinks[theSiteLinks.length] = jQuery(this).attr('href');
	});

	theItemCount = theSummaries.length;		

	startTicker();	
});

var theSummaries = Array();
var theSiteLinks = Array();

function startTicker()
{
	// Define run time values
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {	
		theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("anch");
		runTheTicker();   	
	}
	else {
		document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
		return true;
	}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker()
{
	if(theSummaries.length ==0 ) return;
	
	var myTimeout;  
	// Go for the next story data block
	if(theCurrentLength == 0)
	{
		theCurrentStory++;
		theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
		theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');
		theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
		theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
		thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";
	}
	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
	//	theAnchorObject.innerHTML = (thePrefix = '');
	theAnchorObject.innerHTML = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength);
	theAnchorObject.innerHTML += whatWidget();
	// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
	if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
	{
		theCurrentLength++;
		myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
	}
	else
	{
		theCurrentLength = 0;
		myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	}
	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}
// Widget generator
function whatWidget()
{
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)
	{
		return theWidgetNone;
	}

	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
	{
		return theWidgetOne;
	}
	else
	{
		return theWidgetTwo;
	}
}