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Escape and Unescape special characters in building a XML string

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How XML Escapes Special Characters and Control Characters

XML escape tool converts XML to string online by escaping special reserved characters. Additionally, it also unescapes string to reverse the transformation. Generally, escape characters replace existing characters with new & provided characters, which works best without throwing any error at runtime. Escapes characters of a UTF-8 encoded Unicode string using XML-style escape sequences. The utility escape plain XML to escaped html which helps to show html text in XML in <pre> tag.

How does XML Escape Work?

Type, paste, or upload your text data into the input box.
Click 'Escape' or 'Unescape' your code.
XML Escape or XML Unescape converter
After you have converted your data, you can "Download" or "Copy to Clipboard".
You can paste the code into your source code or text file.

What Characters are Replaced?

When you have a XML string and need to work with it you will need to encode the string to allow parsing.
The following characters are reserved in XML and need to be correctly escaped for use in strings:

' is replaced with '
" is replaced with "
& is replaced with &
< is replaced with <
> is replaced with >

All other characters passes through unchanged. Generally, alphanumeric characters 'a' through 'z, '0' through '9' remain the same.

XML Escape Example

Plain XML Before:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<food>
    <name>Homestyle Breakfast. Mom's cooking</name>
    <price>$6.95</price>
    <description>Two eggs, sausage, toast, and "hash browns"</description>
</food>

Escape XML After:

&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;
&lt;food&gt;
    &lt;name&gt;Homestyle Breakfast. Mom&apos;s cooking&lt;/name&gt;
    &lt;price&gt;$6.95&lt;/price&gt;
    &lt;description&gt;Two eggs, sausage, toast, and &quot;hash browns&quot;&lt;/description&gt;
&lt;/food&gt;

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