# Regarding URLLoader and the & as a string

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-urlloader-and-the-as-a-string/263289>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 14, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-urlloader-and-the-as-a-string/263289 "2008-06-14T02:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Soul814](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Soul814](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soul814)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-urlloader-and-the-as-a-string/263289/1 "2008-06-14T02:21:06Z")

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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

```auto
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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**Author:** ![Soul814](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Soul814](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soul814)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-urlloader-and-the-as-a-string/263289/2 "2008-06-14T11:59:51Z")

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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.