# Special Characters in TextArea

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-textarea/80077
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 19, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-textarea/80077 "2005-02-19T03:13:58Z")
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### Author: ![awketner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@awketner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/awketner)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-textarea/80077/1 "2005-02-19T03:13:58Z")

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I have a textarea component with dynamically loaded text, the problem is, I cannot insert special characters such as ‘\<’ ‘\>’ and ‘&’ any suggestions? Oh, and by the way, the textarea also uses a style sheet.