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XmlFile Containing the & Character in text

XmlFile Containing the & Character in text

XmlFile Containing the & Character in text

(OP)
Just a query about the & character in an xml file


Say Text = Me & my dog?

I run it through a UTF-8 conversion and i get

Me & My Dog?

I am planning using this file for a game on the internet

?? will i have any problems with the &

Appreciate any advice

Regards Robert


RE: XmlFile Containing the & Character in text

Robert,

A UTF-8 converter should not transform & into anything else and just leave it as it is.

The string Me & my dog? must be encoded in XML as Me &amp; my dog? or, if (part of) a text node inside an element, as <![CDATA[Me & my dog?]]>

RE: XmlFile Containing the & Character in text

(OP)
Thanks for your advice.. much appreciated.

Just double confirming

Yes the original is <Me & my Dog?> ie its is within <>

do i have to make it <Me &amp;amp; My Dog?>
or <![CDATA[Me & my dog?]]>

if i leave it as <Me &amp;amp; My Dog?> it seems to load into a browser ok

I am pretty new to xml hope i do not sound too vague !!@@!

Regards Robert



RE: XmlFile Containing the & Character in text

Robert,

You mean within ><, right?

If you encode your text as Me &amp;amp; my dog?, the system that will read your XML data will interpret it as Me &amp; my dog?, while if you encode as Me &amp; my dog? the document contents will be read as Me & my dog?, which is what you intend.

The reason why & must be encoded as &amp; is because it signals an escape sequence that textually represents (among others) the characters that serve some purpose in XML: <>'" and & itself (as a consequence of its role).

RE: XmlFile Containing the & Character in text

(OP)
Atlopes

Thanks for your help...much appreciated

Regards Robert

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