Forums Scripts & Popups timer problem

I have this script that has a command like that:

.timer 1 1 /msg # %sss

when a user in the channel does !command, this starts. And after 1 second, %sss is displayed.

This works, but sometimes %sss contains the character | (the vertical bar). When this is the case, %sss is truncated. Everything to the right of | in %sss is deleted. Only what is left of | is displayed.

It only happens when I put the timer. If I don't put the timer, all of %sss is displayed.

How do I fix this without taking away the timer?

thanks

replace the | with $chr(124) , then it should work

.timer 1 1 msg # % $+ sss

Thanks to both of you. I used Iori's idea because it was simpler.

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