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[yazterfari]

I am having problems opening an xml file. Within the data string I have the character '&' indicating the word 'and', I cannot replace the charcter because i need to match it to a list

How can I maintain the '&' within the data string??

 

[iza]

bad luck, it's one of the two strictly illegal characters in XML (the other one is &quot;<&quot
you have to replace it with it entity reference &.a.m.p.; (remove the dots ... i had to add them else html interprets this as &)
or you have to declare it's in a CDATA section - so it won't be parsed
doc on this ca nbe found at

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

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