Karl,
An ampersand character must be represented in XML as "& amp;" (no space
there), since the "&" character is reserved as a start delimiter (for
entity references).
An unescaped "&" character that is not actually an open delimiter (for a
general entity or character reference) inevitably causes a parsing error in
XML. It's not XML.
But if you type &_amp; (no underscore) the parser will recognize that you
want character #38.
Cheers,
Wendell
At 03:14 PM 11/3/2003, you wrote:
Also... the & "ampersand" breaks my XML. Uggg, frustrating. Not sure how
to get this to work. Here is what I have for my find/replace XML source:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UT-8"?>
<replace xmlns:foo="http:www.meetscoresonline.com/foo">
<foo:special_characters>
<foo:char>_</foo:char>
<foo:char>%</foo:char>
<foo:char>$</foo:char>
<foo:char>{</foo:char>
<foo:char>}</foo:char>
<foo:char>&</foo:char>
</foo:special_characters>
<foo:string_replacement>
<foo:search>
<foo:find>±</foo:find>
<foo:replace>$\pm$</foo:replace>
</foo:search>
<foo:search>
<foo:find>°</foo:find>
<foo:replace>$\degree$</foo:replace>
</foo:search>
<foo:search>
<foo:find>©</foo:find>
<foo:replace>\copyright</foo:replace>
</foo:search>
<foo:search>
<foo:find>¶</foo:find>
<foo:replace>$\mathbb{P}$</foo:replace>
</foo:search>
</foo:string_replacement>
</replace>
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