Overview: removes pattern occurrences from a string phrase

	function strip(sPhrase,sPattern)
	{
		var sBuffer;
		var gene_array = sPhrase.split(sPattern);

		sBuffer="";
		
		for (var loop=0; loop < gene_array.length; loop++)
		{
			sBuffer+= gene_array[loop];
		}
		return(sBuffer);
	}