# Output referral and special characters

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/output-referral-and-special-characters/67947
**Category:** Web Sources Discussion
**Created:** [March 23, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/output-referral-and-special-characters/67947 "2025-03-23T23:27:39Z")
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### Author: ![rboss](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@rboss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rboss)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/output-referral-and-special-characters/67947/2 "2025-03-24T01:55:33Z")

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> [@rboss](#):
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> My question is: is there a way to keep _ALL_ characters when calling an output into the current buffer i.e. keeping the string _exactly_ as it sits in the output's memory?

[After a few hours of testing]: Yes, there is!  
Instead of a `RegexReplace`, a `Replace` command can do the same.... with some creativity:

```auto
RegexpReplace "^.*" "#"
Replace "#" "%_var0%"

```

This works. I used "#", but any suitable uncommon character will suffice.

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