# Dynamic text problem w/symbols

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem-w-symbols/21138>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 17, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem-w-symbols/21138 "2003-05-17T20:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![thoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@thoma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thoma)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem-w-symbols/21138/1 "2003-05-17T20:50:37Z")

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i recently downloaded, kirupa’s tutorial on scrollable loading dynamic text.  
it works very well, but when it comes to symbols like (& and +) these appear to make all the text after them dissapear, when the text loads from an outside file.

HELP please!!!

:run:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem-w-symbols/21138/2 "2003-05-18T02:39:03Z")

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👽  
It’s simple, really, when loading from a text file you use the url-encode method (you can read about it in the Flash MX help files). Alright, so check this: \<a href=“[http://i-technica.com/whitestuff/urlencodechart.html](http://i-technica.com/whitestuff/urlencodechart.html)”\>URL Encode Chart\</a\>. Just in case you don’t understand, if you had text like…

```php

&variable1=Man, I wish I could put an amperstand HERE and a
 plus sign HERE...&

```

You’d replace it like…

```php

&variable1=Man, I wish I could put an amperstand %26 and a 
plus sign %2b...&

```

Anyway,  
–Elios