xhtml validation javascript

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> 


onmouseover="text.show('<br /><b>XXXXXX</b><br />')"

Validation Output: Error:

character "<" is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data

How can I fix it?

thanks

Patrick Niedzielski · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-15 16:02:56Z

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Use > and < instead of < and >, respectively.

Alternatively, enclose the code in a <![CDATA[ ... ]]> section.

edited Mar 15, 2010 at 16:02

answered Mar 15, 2010 at 16:01

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Patrick Niedzielski Over a year ago

Sorry about that, StackOverflow substituted < for >, just like you want. ^_^

Will McCutchen · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-15 17:17:53Z

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You can also keep your Javascript in a separate file and include it with <script src="path/to/script.js"></script> and avoid having to escape it at all.

answered Mar 15, 2010 at 17:17

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