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mgd90
mgd90

Reputation: 13

In XML, can you start a CDATA tag with <?

My javascript application interfaces with another and obtains some XML which contains CDATA. Normally when dealing with CDATA I am aware it should look something similar to this:

However I am currently receiving this inside the XML: 

<text>&lt;![CDATA[ Hello .... Thanks. ]]&gt;</text>

currently this does not work and it cannot tell if it is CDATA or not.

basically my question is can you start and end CDATA tags with &lt; and &gt; instead of < and >

thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 846

Answers (1)

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 944150

It is not CDATA. It is text.

&lt; means "A less that character". < means "Start of a tag/directive/etc"

Upvotes: 2

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