Re^2: How to modify an attribute containing special characters in a xml file?

already tried that. don't change a thing ! tried quoting & as \& also but dint worked!

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Re^3: How to modify an attribute containing special characters in a xml file? by kcott (Archbishop) on Sep 30, 2016 at 12:11 UTC
"... ! tried quoting & as \& also but dint worked!" Firstly, see ++Corion's response to you in this thread (to which you replied "ok got your point ..."). The code I posted in "Syntax-highlight Non-Perl Code for HTML" has, near the start: `{ my %entity_for = qw{& & < < > >}; sub chars_to_ents { $_[0] =~ s/([&<>])/$entity_for{$1}/gr } }` [download] You'll find usage near the end of the script. Perhaps you could write somethng like this tailored to your needs. — Ken	[reply] [d/l]

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"... ! tried quoting & as \& also but dint worked!"

Firstly, see ++Corion's response to you in this thread (to which you replied "ok got your point ...").

The code I posted in "Syntax-highlight Non-Perl Code for HTML" has, near the start:

{
    my %entity_for = qw{& &amp; < &lt; > &gt;};
    sub chars_to_ents { $_[0] =~ s/([&<>])/$entity_for{$1}/gr }
}
[download]

You'll find usage near the end of the script. Perhaps you could write somethng like this tailored to your needs.

— Ken