# Loading external text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text/194300>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 21, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text/194300 "2006-07-21T23:54:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![cosmicloverocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@cosmicloverocks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cosmicloverocks)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text/194300/1 "2006-07-21T23:54:43Z")

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how can i load an external file (.txt) with illegal character such as “&” ,"#"…etc… and how do i load them properly?