[xml.dom.minidom] why cant it parse '&'

[Michael Schneider]

The problem is your xml file.  it is not valid.

you can't have a '&' char in  a  normal (non-CDATA) string.


Your xml file needs to read

<sxml>
<title>Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable & The Musical Kings</title>

...

good luck,
Mike


:B nerdy wrote:

>im using the minidom.parseString() to parse the following text
>
><sxml>
><title>Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable & The Musical Kings</title>
><composer>Various</composer>
><genre>blues</genre>
><trackNo>12</trackNo>
><copyright>Westwood</copyright>
><dateInserted>2002-03-11</dateInserted>
></sxml>
>
>when it comes to the '&' it throws an exception. is there any way around
>this problem??
>cheers asap
>
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