How to change the delimiters in a javascript string - javascript

First of all thanks in advance. I am new to javascript and I am facing an issue with a form that uses javascript to submit values. Everything works great, but the values are submitted as a string delimited by comma, and there is a possibility that the values are submitted have comma on it, so when I explode it on php, I mess up the form input. By example:
Form input 1: Highschool, Year 2
Form input 2: City
So, the resulting string is: Highschool, Year 2, City
and I need it to be: Highschool, Year 2||City
I can explode it on php and use the values, but no clue how to. I would really appreciate any advice.
Here is the javascript code:
function vpb_submit_items()
{
var vpb_items = [];
$.each($('.vpb_item'), function()
{
vpb_items.push($(this).val());
});
if(vpb_items.length == 0 || vpb_items.length == "")
{
vpb_items = "Empty Field";
}
var dataString = "items="+ vpb_items;
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "process.php",
data: ""+dataString+"&date="+date,
Thanks again.

Use Array's join() method:
var dataString = "items="+ vpb_items.join('||');

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