Question about whitespace

[jisoo23]

Hello all,

This is probably an easy question so please forgive as the search function on the forum seems to be down. I have an attribute in an xml file with a value that contains whitespace, i.e.:

<code>
<attribute name="thisname" value="this & that"/>
</code>

When I display it in Internet Explorer, an error message shows up saying that it cannot be displayed. Does anyone know the appropriate way to handle whitespace inside an attribute value?

Thanks in advance,
Jisoo23

 

[jisoo23]

Oops, <code> and </code> is supposed to be

 and

.

 

[chiph]

The ampersand is a reserved character in XML, and it must be escaped:

<code>
<attribute name="thisname" value="this &amp; that"/>
</code>

The reserved characters (entities) are:
[ignore]
& ---> &amp;
' ---> &apos;
" ---> &quot;
< ---> &lt;
> ---> &gt;
[/ignore]

Chip H.

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