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+// Alternate gray/white rows in all the tables having the class "striped"
+function stripeTables() {
+    if (!document.getElementsByTagName) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    var tables = document.getElementsByTagName("table");
+    for (var i = 0; i < tables.length; i++) {
+        if (tables[i].className == "striped") {
+            var odd = false;
+            var rows = tables[i].getElementsByTagName("tr");
+            for (var j = 0; j < rows.length; j++) {
+                if (odd) {
+                    rows[j].style.backgroundColor = "#f0f0f0";
+                    odd = false;
+                }
+                else {
+                    odd = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+