are characters # or & allowed in xml?

Question

i have values with special chars that encoded to ascii in my xml. for example :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
    <name>&#381;irm&#363;n&#371;</name>
</response>

but when i parse value name i get only & as value. Is it allowed to use # or & in xml? or i have to use cdata necessarily?

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

19

The & character appears to be illegal, use (below) instead.

&amp;

The # character should be OK.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

Community

answered Aug 07 '12 at 07:17

Ivan

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '12 at 07:20

6

& needs to be escaped as it is used for esaping itself. All escapes start with & (", <, >).

& is the escape for &

answered Aug 07 '12 at 07:20

victorsavu3

2 Answers2