# URL Encoding: Reading special characters from a text file

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-encoding-reading-special-characters-from-a-text-file/198153
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 22, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-encoding-reading-special-characters-from-a-text-file/198153 "2006-08-22T20:12:53Z")
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### Author: ![tom\_jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tom\_jones](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tom_jones)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-encoding-reading-special-characters-from-a-text-file/198153/1 "2006-08-22T20:12:53Z")

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Hi.

I am trying to feed html text from a text file to a text box that contains some special characters.

The text loads fine, and most special characters work, however I cannot get greater than or less than to display properly.

If I use:

```auto
%3D

```

for example, an equal sign is rendered.

However, if I use:

```auto
%3C

```

to render a “greater than” symbol, the page does not render.

Any advice on how to fix this is appreciated.