Clarification to replace the & symbol to & in xml using XSL

[radhakrishnanrs]

Hi all,

Here, a xml file is not in proper format. I need to replace the "&" symbol to "&" under the attributes. Find below the sample xml file for glance:

<root>
<child1>
<child2 attribute1="tes t&test">Testing </child2>
<child1>
</root>

Let me know how to resolve this instance. I need output like -- attribute1="tes t&amp;test" --. I need to replace "&" symbol using the XSL.

Thanks

[Dormilich]

if your parser doesn't complain on the xml you can use the translate() function. but a correct working parser should give you an "undefined entity" error. in this case you have to change the & either by hand or by a script. maybe you can do something with CDATA, but I haven't used it like that yet.

regards

[jkmyoung]

I'd use a quick search/replace eg:

sed -e "s/\&/&/g" a.txt > a.txt

You can't use xsl that effectively with this file since it isn't really xml.