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Thanks, that worked out well.
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I'd like to replace the pipe character &quot;|&quot; w/ nothing in a text box on a web page using Javascript. I've successfully done this with the # character, however, I can't seem to make the | character work. Here is what I have in my &quot;onkeypress&quot; function (well, part of it)...<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;searchTerm = document.getElementById(fr<wbr />omId).valu<wbr />e;<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var POUND &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; = new RegExp( '#', &nbsp;'g' );<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;searchTerm = searchTerm.replace(POUND,'<wbr />');<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var PIPE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; = new RegExp( '\|', &nbsp;'g' );<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;searchTerm = searchTerm.replace(PIPE,''<wbr />);<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;document.getElementById(fr<wbr />omId).valu<wbr />e = searchTerm;<br />
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It isn't recognizing the | symbol for some reason. I know this is something simple that I'm missing. I know the pipe symbol is special in reg exp, but I am trying to escape it with the use of the backslash. Help?
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I'd like to replace the pipe character "|" w/ nothing in a text box on a web page using Javascript. I've successfully done this with the # character, however, I can't seem to make the | character work. Here is what I have in my "onkeypress" function (well, part of it)...

	searchTerm = document.getElementById(fromId).value;
	var POUND         = new RegExp( '#',  'g' );
	searchTerm = searchTerm.replace(POUND,'');
	var PIPE         = new RegExp( '\|',  'g' );
	searchTerm = searchTerm.replace(PIPE,'');
	document.getElementById(fromId).value = searchTerm;

It isn't recognizing the | symbol for some reason. I know this is something simple that I'm missing. I know the pipe symbol is special in reg exp, but I am trying to escape it with the use of the backslash. Help?

Javascript Pipe Replacement

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.