< literal symbol in XML 2

[ajikoe]

Hello,

I would like to make XML comment but it include a symbol <. How can I treat it literally?

Example:
<remarks>Helo <world> </remarks>

Thanks
Pujo

 

[link9]

You would need to use the CDATA construct:

<remarks><![CDATA["Helo <world> "]]></remarks>

More info:

http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_cdata.asp

-paul

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[sacheson]

or you can use entity references: e.g. '&gt;' and '&lt;' notation.

" == &quot;
& == &amp;

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entitiesref.asp

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[JohnYingling]

If you are writing XML, you xcan avoid trouble by using the XMLTextWriter.

Dim sb As New StringBuilder(150)
Dim sw As New IO.StringWriter(sb)
Dim xtW As New Xml.XmlTextWriter(sw)

xtW.WriteStartElement("SDPCIP30")
xtW.WriteStartElement("TSHeader")
xtw.WriteElementString("SerNbr", _
TrimNumber(m_d.SerialNbr).PadLeft(10, "0"c))
xtW.WriteEndElement()
xtW.WriteEndElement()
xtW.Close()

Dim sXml as String = sb.Tostring

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[chiph]

Another vote for the XmlTextWriter. It will handle the entity conversions for you.

Same for using an XmlTextReader when reading an XML file -- it will convert the entity back to it's equivalent character.

Chip H.


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