How can I do something like but check for | characters.

And what do you want to do when you find | characters? Delete them? Replace them with spaces? Increment the number of errors? Do you actually mean ' characters instead?

You have to help us out here .. we can't make head or tail of your request. Please preview your posts and check them carefully. This saves everyone time.

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And don't re-post a question .. that doesn't sit well with the community, and it's another time-waster. Post a good quality, well phrased question once, and then wait for the answers. Please.
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--t. alex

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