# "#" URL-encoded variables?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-encoded-variables/235930>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 15, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-encoded-variables/235930 "2007-08-15T20:45:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![deltajam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@deltajam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deltajam)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-encoded-variables/235930/1 "2007-08-15T20:45:31Z")

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I’m just looking around, and I see more and more flash sites displaying the query string like so:

[http://www.thinkswedish.com/#ContentHolder:feed=blog&Entries:0=entry+1=816](http://www.thinkswedish.com/#ContentHolder:feed=blog&Entries:0=entry+1=816)

What is the advantage of passing variables this way? And how would you load this query string into your application?