setCookie("docjs", 329);

and the following line to get it:

cookieTrace = getCookie("docjs");

When you try alert(cookieTrace), you get 329. Try a few more times to run the line above. You keep getting the 329 number. Now exit the browser and run the line above. You get "null".

Here are the getCookie() and setCookie() functions:

function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
  var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
  document.cookie = curCookie;
}
function getCookie(name) {
  var dc = document.cookie;
  var prefix = name + "=";
  var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  } else
    begin += 2;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

Learn more about cookies in Column 8, Crispy JavaScript Cookies.

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