# Percentage sign in text loaded externally

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percentage-sign-in-text-loaded-externally/172317
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 13, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percentage-sign-in-text-loaded-externally/172317 "2005-12-13T08:38:26Z")
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### Author: ![lizzy1e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@lizzy1e](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lizzy1e)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percentage-sign-in-text-loaded-externally/172317/1 "2005-12-13T08:38:26Z")

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I know this is probably an extremely basic question, but how to I make a percentage sign show up in text that’s loaded from a text file? If I type it in it just vanishes… I’ve tried searching, but proably haven’t hit on the right keywords.