escape character & stopping parsing

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I am trying to parse some data using nsxmlparser, whenever there is a &(ampersand) present in the text being received it just stops reading the parsed data. How can I read & normally, similar to other normal characters.

Thanks Pankaj

In XML, & is *not* a normal character. It is a reserved character used to prefix entities. — , Feb 20 '11 at 07:56
no it is not possible as i am reading the records from database and it is added by user itself. He may add anything. — pankaj, Feb 22 '11 at 11:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '11 at 10:29

A lone ampersand in an XML document is not valid except in a CDATA section. You can either have your XML provider provide valid XML by either:

Using the & character entity where you want ampersands.
Putting text containing ampersands into a CDATA section.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '11 at 10:30

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Could not find the solution so i had to replace the & with some characters in backend and then again replace it in iphone while using it

answered Feb 24 '11 at 10:30

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