Special characters such as &, >, < and " are control characters (meta characters) of the XML document. If these characters directly occur in the source data, misinterpretations may occur while importing the XML file. To be able to use these characters in the reference data, you need to replace them by the following entities (strings):
Characters |
Entity |
Characters |
Entity |
---|---|---|---|
& |
& |
" |
" |
< |
< |
> |
> |
The table below shows the representation of special characters in XML files:
Characters |
Entity |
Characters |
Entity |
Characters |
Entity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
¡ |
¡ |
» |
» |
£ |
£ |
¥ |
¥ |
| |
¦ |
§ |
§ |
© |
© |
ª |
ª |
« |
« |
® |
® |
° |
° |
± |
± |
1 |
¹ |
2 |
² |
3 |
³ |
¼ |
¼ |
½ |
½ |
¾ |
¾ |
Ä |
Ä |
Ö |
Ö |
Ü |
Ü |
ä |
ä |
ö |
ö |
ü |
ü |
ß |
ß |
χ |
× |
÷ |
÷ |
È |
È |
É |
É |
Ê |
Ê |
Ë |
Ë |
è |
È |
é |
É |
ê |
Ê |
ë |
Ë |
Ø |
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You can use any character by indicating its font code. To do this, specify the ASCII code of the relevant character in decimal notation as follows: &#<Decimal code of character>;.
For example, to use the @ character, enter @ in the XML document.