(function () { var specialKeys = {}; var ns = $.namespace('service.keyboard'); ns.KeycodeTranslator= { toChar : function (keycode) { if (keycode >= 48 && keycode <= 57) { // key is 0-9 return (keycode - 48) + ""; } else if (keycode >= 65 && keycode <= 90) { // key is a-z, we'll use base 36 to get the string representation return (keycode - 65 + 10).toString(36); } else { return specialKeys[keycode]; } } }; })();