how to insert “|” in org-mode table

Question

I have some trouble in using org-mode. I want create a table in org-mode like this:

| operator | use         |
|----------+-------------|
|   |      | expr |         


        

Answer 1

Using some unicode seems to work relatively well. I got these 2 characters to work: ¦ ǀ There is also this one: ∣ which just gave a unicode box. Your milage will vary.

sindikat's answer above is more correct, but if you want a vertical bar that looks pretty in your org source file, and you use UTF-8 (or similar) then this is an option.