i parse a string into a prompt() box including a ( and ), the function to parse get's it this way: prompt_link('xxxxxx(yyyy)zzzz') the debugger tells me "expecting ( in line...", can i escape the ( with \( or similar? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evolt.org/pipermail/javascript/attachments/20060314/552f1ab0/attachment.htm>