# How do I show '%' in a text file?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-show-in-a-text-file/65460>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 26, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-show-in-a-text-file/65460 "2004-09-26T18:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![sheena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sheena](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sheena)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-show-in-a-text-file/65460/1 "2004-09-26T18:39:41Z")

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I have a problem with displaying the percentage symbol in a dynamically loaded text file eg. ‘15% of market share’… when I test the movie the % is missing, does anyone know how I can fix this? I have checked to make sure the font is embedded. Anyones help much appreciated 🙂

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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:** [September 26, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-show-in-a-text-file/65460/2 "2004-09-26T19:09:34Z")

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Type in **‘15%25 of market share’**.

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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:** [September 26, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-show-in-a-text-file/65460/3 "2004-09-26T19:49:10Z")

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Thank you very much 🙂

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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:** [September 26, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-show-in-a-text-file/65460/4 "2004-09-26T21:37:48Z")

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No problemo :P.

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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:** [September 27, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-show-in-a-text-file/65460/5 "2004-09-27T05:56:23Z")

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read some article about “URL Encoding”…

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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:** [September 27, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-show-in-a-text-file/65460/6 "2004-09-27T10:27:57Z")

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…thank you for the advice, just found the URL Encoding table on the Macromedia site 🙂