Re: [xsl] String Replace

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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