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JavaScript

document.cookie = "obligations=nothing to it";
document.cookie = "shares=25";

function getCookieData( name ) {
    var pairs = document.cookie.split("; "),
        count = pairs.length, parts; 
    while ( count-- ) {
        parts = pairs[count].split("=");
        if ( parts[0] === name )
            return parts[1];
    }
    return false;
}

alert( getCookieData("obligations") );