How can I safely encode special characters in the URL

I have some fields I am trying to forward to a 2nd form that often have a "#" in the text.  I need to forward this over to the 2nd field.  How can I do this since the url will not read # as a text character?

I know "%23" is the code that should be in the url instead.  but how do I dynamically change the "#" to "%23."

I either need CSS code to change the pound symbol in the field to the html code, or some way to do a calculated field with the pound sign replaced.

I actually figured out how to do it.  If anyone is interested:

When putting the field into the url format, add "URLENCODE:" before the field ID.

For example if I have a "First Name" field that I want in a url, I typically would use:

{firstName}

instead, use:

{URLENCODE:firstName}

this will change any character that is not URL friendly to its URL encoded characters.

Thanks for sharing that info - That's correct, using the URLENCODE prefix in the URL would convert these to URL encoded characters.

Related guide: Pass-Value-to-Another-Form-with-URL-Encoding 

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