# How to use the symbol "&"?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-the-symbol/102399
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 23, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-the-symbol/102399 "2004-02-23T14:15:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@brandao](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brandao)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-the-symbol/102399/1 "2004-02-23T14:15:33Z")
:red:
When loading text from an external text file, we define in that same text file each textfields’s value by doing something like that:
textfield1=this text
&textfield2=that text
&textfield3=another text
Because we use the symbol “&” to “annouce” the contents of ANOTHER text field, it doesn’t work to use something like:
&textfield4=Doing business with Smith&Son is great
The only text that would display would be “Doing business with Smith” because right after that come the symbol &!!!
Is there any way I can use this symbol “&”? :h:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-the-symbol/102399/2 "2004-02-23T14:24:19Z")
You must urlencode your & character: %26. Otherwise Flash will interpret it as another variable being declared. So your text would look like this:
&textfield4=Doing business with Smith%26Son is great
🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-the-symbol/102399/3 "2004-02-23T14:33:08Z")
Thanks Voetsjoeba
You save my day! 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-the-symbol/102399/4 "2004-02-23T14:35:44Z")
do you know where I can get a listing of the this “URLencodings”?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-the-symbol/102399/5 "2004-02-23T14:40:41Z")
[http://www.w3schools.com/html/html\_ref\_urlencode.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_ref_urlencode.asp) 🙂