Javascript for replacing an abreviation by his equivalent

Question

I met some trouble with a javascript.

In fact I have in my database many records that are abreviations and ther equivalent,

for example, replace tel => telephon

Answer 1

When using keyup() the event handler only returns the keycode of the pressed key. For instance an x results in e = 88.

Use $("#tags").val() to get the value of the input element.