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I try understand XML definition, but stuck on 'CharData' token. It's taken from http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#NT-Char. From regural expression I know that "-" is used for range, but don't get it in this case. Can somebody please explain me what is meaning of this expressions? 

[14]    CharData       ::=      [^<&]* - ([^<&]* ']]>' [^<&]*)
[15]    Comment    ::=      '<!--' ((Char - '-') | ('-' (Char - '-')))* '-->'

Thanks.

Mara
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It's explained in the Notation section of the same doc:

A - B

matches any string that matches A but does not match B.

In the particular case of CharData, it is defined as a sequence of any characters except < and &. That sequence, however, shouldn't contain ]]> string (CDATA section-close delimiter).

raina77ow
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