function wordsplit(items) 
{
   var charect = "";
   for (var n = 1 ; n <= items.length ; n++) 
   {
      if (items.substring(n-1,n) == " ") 
         {  charect+="+";  }
      else 
         { charect+=items.substring(n-1,n); }
   }
   return charect;
}

function search()
{
   var keywords=document.thisform.query.value;	
   var search1;
   var search2;
   var search3;
   var search4;
   var search5;
   var search6;
   var search7;
   var search8;
   var search9;
   var search10;
    
   key=wordsplit(keywords);   

options = "toolbar=1,status=1,menubar=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,location=1,width=700,height=200";

   if(document.thisform.yahoo.checked)
   {
     	   search1= document.thisform.yahoo.value; 
         search1+=key;
        
wind=window.open(search1,"newwindow1",options);
         
   }
   if(document.thisform.altavista.checked)
   {
 	   search2 = document.thisform.altavista.value; 
	   search2+=key;
	  
wind=window.open(search2,"newwindow2",options);

   }
   if(document.thisform.altavfor.checked)
   {
 	   search3 = document.thisform.altavfor.value; 
	   search3+=key;
        
wind=window.open(search3,"newwindow3",options);

   }
   if(document.thisform.google.checked)
   {
 	   search4 = document.thisform.google.value; 
	   search4+=key;
        
wind=window.open(search4,"newwindow4",options);

   }
   if(document.thisform.excite.checked)
   {
 	   search5 = document.thisform.excite.value; 
	   search5+=key;
        
wind=window.open(search5,"newwindow5",options);

   }
   if(document.thisform.lycos.checked)
   {
 	   search6 = document.thisform.lycos.value; 
	   search6+=key;
        
wind=window.open(search6,"newwindow6",options);

   }
   if(document.thisform.infoseek.checked)
   {
 	   search7 = document.thisform.infoseek.value; 
	   search7+=key;
        
wind=window.open(search7,"newwindow7",options);

   }
   if(document.thisform.metacrawler.checked)
   {
 	   search8 = document.thisform.metacrawler.value; 
	   search8+=key;
        
wind=window.open(search8,"newwindow8",options);

   }
   if(document.thisform.searchcom.checked)
   {
 	   search9 = document.thisform.searchcom.value; 
	   search9+=key;
        
wind=window.open(search9,"newwindow9",options);

   }
   if(document.thisform.findingr.checked)
   {
 	   search10 = document.thisform.findingr.value; 
	   search10+=key;
wind=window.open(search10,"newwindow10",options);

   }
 
}