How to enter < char in my text

[Ian Pellew]

Hi All;

Whats the xml way to have text include html type tags in?

<Value>
My text that will include <mytag> kjkjhkjh </mytag>
</value>

I am after shielding my text from the xml interpriter.

Regards
Ian

 

[Patrick TJ McPhee]

% Whats the xml way to have text include html type tags in? % % <Value> % My text that will include <mytag> kjkjhkjh </mytag> % </value>

% I am after shielding my text from the xml interpriter.

If you have a lot of text, use a CDATA section

<Value>
<![CDATA[My text that will include <mytag> kjkjhkjh </mytag>]]> </value>

If you want to include ]]> in the text, you have to end the CDATA section first.

If you have just one or two <s, you can use &lt;. This is one of five pre-defined entities which you will read about in any basic introduction to XML.