Regarding URLLoader and the & as a string

programming flash
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So you separate variables using the &, however if I want this as part of the string how would I do it?

Say I am sending

ice_cream=**Tom & Jerry**&size=large

If I were to encode all the special characters, what would the flash function to decode it be? Or should I just replace the & with a special key and then recode it when it gets passed into the flash file?

Thanks.

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Sorry, I guess I was unclear.

In my flash document the dataFormat is of type variables.

The string being sent by the client was ice_cream=Tom & Jerry&size=large. Notice the & between Tom and Jerry. I was just wondering how to send that string into flash without Jerry being separated as a variable.

I ended up just using dataFormat text instead.