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An ampersand (or epershand; "&") is a logogram representing the conjunction word "and". This symbol is a ligature of the letters in et, Latin for "and".

The word ampersand is a conflation of the phrase "and per se and", meaning "and [the symbol which] by itself [is] and".

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Cross Site Scripting (XSS): Do I need to escape the ampersand?

I want to escape for XSS in an HTML context, and so far I treat the <, >, and " characters. Apparently it is recommended to escape the ampersand as well, but why? (Other than for keeping the HTML valid, let's assume that this is not an issue) So…
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php file_get_contents($url) & turns into &

I am trying to make a request to the coinbase api like this $url = "https://api.gdax.com/products/BTC-USD/candles?start=".date($format,$starting_date)."&end=".date($format,$ending_date)."&granularity=".$granularity; and then I pass that in…
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are characters # or & allowed in xml?

i have values with special chars that encoded to ascii in my xml. for example : Žirmūnų but when i parse value name i get only & as value. Is it allowed…
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SCSS: How to use two classes together with an ampersand?

I have some css rules to be applied for primary button, I did something like this: .my-btn { &--primary { padding: 10px; } } Now I want same rules to be applied for a primary button with "sm" class, I can do something like this: .my-btn { …
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Can I use unencoded ampersands (&) in html?

I'm building a website where I have to work with less then perfect masterdata (I guess I'm not the only one :-)) In my case I have to render an xml filte to html (using xsl). Sometimes the masterdata is using html-enitites allready (eg ;é in…
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Ampersands (&) in xlink:href attributes of SVG images?

I'm building an SVG document which contains various image tags. The xlink:href (source URL) attributes for the images contain query strings with ampersands. If I escape them as %26 or the ascii encoding ? they're not valid query strings and the…
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SQL Server Full Text Search ampersand (&)

have problem with ampersand (&) How to search for the words (or sentences) that contain an ampersand (&). For example, in the database are: 1: "Johnson & Johnson" 2: "AT&T" 3: "Sample & Sample" How should I write a full text search query to search…
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Rewriting Ampersand URLs with IIS 7 Rewriting Module

How can I use an ampersand (&) in my url rewrite rules in the web.config file? I want to rewrite the url: http://www.foo.com/index.asp?SomeParameter=SomeValue&SomeId=00 to: http://www.foo.com/Section/Page I wrote the following rule in my…
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sas MACRO ampersand

%let test = one; %let one = two; %put &test; %put &&test; %put &&&test; %put &&&&test; %put &&&&&test; Well. I'm TOTALLY BEATEN by these ampersands. I don't understand why they need SO MANY ampersands before a macro variable. Is there any trick to…
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How to disable/avoid Ampersand-Escaping in Java-XML?

I want to create a XML where blanks are replaced by  . But the Java-Transformer escapes the Ampersand, so that the output is &#160; Here is my sample code: public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { …
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Understanding CSS syntax, & + &

I'm looking at the following selector from a .css file: .tab { flex: 1 0 auto; height: 52px; & + & { border-left: 1px solid; } } I'm not familiar with the syntax of & + & {} - what does it mean?
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What is the difference between v-html and v-text?

I had the following code using v-text:

Output: Brand Name is B&C So I fixed it using v-html in the previous line:

Output: Brand Name is B&C My question is the following: Why…
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The best way to store &(Ampersand) in MySQL database

I'm building a category list and I'm unsure how to store the Ampersand symbol in MySQL database. Is there any problem/disadvantage if I use '&'. Are there any differences from using it in a html format '&'?
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Python gives 'Not well-formed xml' error because of presence of '&' characters

I am reading an xml file using Python. But my xml file contains & characters, because of which while running my Python code, it gives the following error: xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token): Is there a way to ignore the &…
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What does the double ampersand return type mean?

I've stumbled upon such syntax as this: int&& move(int&& x) { return x; } which is supposedly how the std::move function is implemented, but I don't quite understand what does the return type (&&) actually means. I did googled it and failed to…
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