JQuery changing input text value not working

Question

I'm trying to do it

$('input').val($('input').val()+"^2"); 

so each input field on the page (I have only one field) will have two additional letters ^ 2

it is strange that he adds only 2 and ignores the ^ character. any idea why this weird behavior is happening?

EDIT: The problem was that there was another part in the code that removed all characters from the input field after they were inserted. So I changed it to ignore this character. Thanks guys.

Answer 1

Works for me: jsFiddle example .

Answer 2

Try

 ^ 

or avoid carrots:

 /^ 

It displays as ^

Answer 3

Try to slip away using backslash \

 $('input').val($('input').val()+"\^2");​ 

Or use the Unicode equivalent for carriage

CHECK FIDDLE