javascript - getRGBA()

/* getRGBA:
  Get the RGBA values of a color.
  If input is not a color, returns NULL, else returns an array of 4 values:
   red (0-255), green (0-255), blue (0-255), alpha (0-1)
*/
function getRGBA(value) {
  // get/create a 0 pixel element at the end of the document, to use to test properties against the client browser
  var e = document.getElementById('test_style_element');
  if (e == null) {
    e = document.createElement('span');
    e.id = 'test_style_element';
    e.style.width = 0;
    e.style.height = 0;
    e.style.borderWidth = 0;
    document.body.appendChild(e);
  }

  // use the browser to get the computed value of the input
  e.style.borderColor = '';
  e.style.borderColor = value;
  if (e.style.borderColor == '') return null;
  var computedStyle = window.getComputedStyle(e);
  var c
  if (typeof computedStyle.borderBottomColor != 'undefined') {
    // as always, MSIE has to make life difficult
    c = window.getComputedStyle(e).borderBottomColor;
  } else {
    c = window.getComputedStyle(e).borderColor;
  }
  var numbersAndCommas = c.replace(new RegExp('[^0-9.,]+','g'),'');
  var values = numbersAndCommas.split(',');
  for (var i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
    values[i] = Number(values[i]);
  if (values.length == 3) values.push(1);
  return values;
}