# Ampersand in loadVariables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ampersand-in-loadvariables/149232>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 27, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ampersand-in-loadvariables/149232 "2005-05-27T01:33:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![matthewjumps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ampersand-in-loadvariables/149232/1 "2005-05-27T01:33:17Z")

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You know how & is used to seperate variables in a .txt file if your loading variables, like &height=22&width=3353&…well what if you want to pass a string into flash like “We all went [color=red] **&** [/color] drunk lots of beer”? Can you do it?