The # is a special character that indicates that all further characters on
that line should be ignored. If you want to use # as a # instead of a
comment indicator, you need to escape the # with a \.
Ben
At 08:57 AM 3/8/01 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have a CGI program that I want to pass a field as an argument in a
>link that has a # (pound sign) in it. When it gets to the next page,
>anything after the # is truncated as if it is a comment.
>
>Example:
>
>Backup #1 Comes across as just Backup
>
>I don't know if this is a regex question or not but how can I get my
>script to disregard that #?
>
>Stanley G. Martin
>Midwest Consulting Group
>Sprint Platform & Strategy Mgmt
>913.315.3133
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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