White space in XmlElement in C# .Net

Question

XmlElement child = doc.CreateElement(element);

Where doc is an object of XmlDocument. When the code executes the above line with element=Tom and Jerry, I get the following error:

The ' ' character, hexadecimal value 0x20, cannot be included in a name.

What should I do to include ' ' in XmlDocument? I can not replace it with anything else.

What are the other characters which XML element does not support for name ?

better to ask what _is_ allowed in a name. alfanum, '_' and '-' — H H, Nov 22 '11 at 13:49

H H · Answer 1 · 2011-11-22T12:43:57.667

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I suppose you want an element with the value "Tom and Jerry", which is fine.

It is part of the XML syntax that you cannot have a space in the name of an element or attribute.

A possible method:

XmlElement child = doc.CreateElement("cartoon");
child.InnerText = "Tom and Jerry";

which produces

<cartoon>Tom and Jerry</cartoon>

Aside, consider XDocument when you can. Much easier than XmlDocument.

XElement child = new XElement("cartoon", "Tom and Jerry");

edited Nov 22 '11 at 12:43

answered Nov 22 '11 at 12:33

H H

Was there any mistake in my question ? – Rauf Nov 22 '11 at 13:14
Click the edit-timestamp and you'll see I changed 'while' to 'white' – H H Nov 22 '11 at 13:47

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '11 at 12:32

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It seems your XML element name contains spaces...

This is illegal:

<tom and jerry>hi</tom and jerry>

Must be this:

<tomandjerry>hi</tomandjerry>

answered Nov 22 '11 at 12:32

Aliostad

Deitro · Answer 3 · 2011-11-22T12:52:14.017

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U can make the element like this:

<element name='Tom and Jerry' />

But if you need to store some data for this cartoon and have access to it by cartoon name:

<element name='Tom and Jerry'>some data</element>

edited Nov 22 '11 at 12:52

answered Nov 22 '11 at 12:45

Deitro

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