How Can I use '&' character in XML code?

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I want to use & character but the Visual Studio throw exception. How Have to write this?

Selim Yildiz · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-11 12:50:58Z

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Replace any & with

&amp;

It would load properly in XML.

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James Johnson · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-19 15:43:28Z

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You can use & or &, or you can wrap it in a CDATA section like this:

<![CDATA[Foo & Bar]]>

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Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-19 15:32:54Z

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There are two ways to represent characters which have special meaning in XML (such as < and >) in an XML document.

CDATA sections
As entities

A CDATA section can only be used in places where you could have a text node.

<foo><![CDATA[Here is some data including < and > (and &!) ]]></foo>

The caveat is that you can't include the sequence ]]> as data in a CDATA section.

Entities can be used everywhere (except inside CDATA sections) and consist of &, then an identifier, then ;.

<foo>Here is some data including &lt; and &gt; (and &amp;!)</foo>

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Dave Newton · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-19 15:41:43Z

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Use the entity, &.

(+1 to the other answers that discuss CDATA.)

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Dave Newton · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-13 10:59:55Z

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You may use a CDATA : Everything inside a CDATA section is ignored by the parser.

A CDATA section starts with <![CDATA[ and ends with ]]>

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