XMLFormat

Formats a string so that special XML characters can be used as text in XML

Method Signature

XMLFormat(string=[string], escapeChars=[boolean])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
string	string	true	The string to format
escapeChars	boolean	false	whether to escape additional characters restricted as per XML standards. For details, see http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml11-20060816/#NT-RestrictedChar.	false

Examples

Basic xmlFormat() usage

In this example we demonstrate passing the invalid characters < and & into the xmlFormat() function to make them XML safe.

Run Example

writeOutput( xmlFormat( "<node>Good &amp; Juicy</node>" ) );

Result: <node>Good &amp; Juicy</node>

Additional Examples

Run Example

string = "I like peanut butter & jelly.";
dump( XmlFormat( string ) );
 // I like peanut butter & jelly.

Related

• XMLElemNew

• XMLSearch

• XMLValidate

• XMLGetNodeType

• XMLTransform

• XMLNew

• XMLChildPos

• XMLParse