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Get key value of a key pressed

I don't find how to get the value of a key pressed. I currently have 

$('#info_price').bind('keydown',function(evt){
    alert(evt.keyCode);

but it return '49' when I press on 1 instead of returning '1'.

Edit: I'm aware that Ascii code of key '1'.

The final goal is to allow people to only write digit into the input. So i want to detect the non digit and not display them.

Solution

  • As it's told in comment it's ASCII code. To get it as character you can do:

    alert(String.fromCharCode(evt.keyCode));