function getCookie(NameOfCookie)
{ if (document.cookie.length > 0)
{ begin = document.cookie.indexOf(NameOfCookie+"=");
if (begin != -1)
{ begin += NameOfCookie.length+1;
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(begin, end)); }
}
return null;
}

function setCookie(NameOfCookie, value, expiredays)
{ var ExpireDate = new Date ();
ExpireDate.setTime(ExpireDate.getTime() + (expiredays * 24 * 3600 * 1000));
document.cookie = NameOfCookie + "=" + escape(value) +
((expiredays == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + ExpireDate.toGMTString());
}

function delCookie (NameOfCookie)
{ if (getCookie(NameOfCookie)) {
document.cookie = NameOfCookie + "=" +
"; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
}
}

function makeCookie(custom,number) { 
        setCookie('student'+number,custom,365);
}

for (z=1;z<6;z++){
	var student=getCookie('student'+z);
	if (student!=null) {
	//document.write('student '+z+': '+student);
	//student = student.split(",");
	//more code here
	}
}