Using the '&' in dynamic text???????????

[mindscape]

Anyone know how to use the '&' character without Flash considering it the begining of a new variable?

This is for text being pulled in from a .txt file

I have tried:

/&
\&
//&
\\&
/&/
\&\
\\&\\
//&//

any other ideas?

cheers,

dave sharek

[julianj]

ascii code for & is 38 therefore you should be able to use chr(38) in place of &.

[ArcticX]

You need to use the hex code,
%26
for &.
If you ever run into a problem like this, try
trace(escape("Symbol You Want Code For"))
in this case,
trace(escape("&"))

That should do it!
Arctic

[mindscape]

thanks guys...

julian:
the char(38) didn't work but it was a good idea...

arctic:
the %26 worked...thanks for the reusable code, im sure it will be usefull in the future!

cheers,

dave sharek