what is the # symbol in the url

Question

I went to some photo sharing site, so when I click the photo, it direct me to a url like

www.example.com/photoshare.php?photoid=1234445

. and w

Answer 1

hey i used sumthing like this .... simple but useful

       location.href = data.url.replace(/%2523/, '%23');

where data.url is my original url . It substitutes the # in my url