Problem:
System.Xml.XmlException: An error occurred while parsing EntityName.
Description:
I had the following C# code snippet and got error on the line 6 at doc.Load(…):
System.Xml.XmlException: An error occurred while parsing EntityName. Line 4, position 18.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | private void LoadXML() { try { XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.Load("data.xml"); //... } catch (Exception ex) { string msg = ex.ToString(); } } |
I checked the XML document and on the line 4 and position 18 I had & (ampersand) sign.
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<Items>
<Item>
<Text>Black & White</Text>
</Item>
</Items>
So the question is: how to parse XML file with & (ampersand) sign? 🙂
Solution:
Then I replaced the ampersand sign in the XML document with the appropriate escape sequences: & and the problem was solved.
Here is the modified XML document:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<Items>
<Item>
<Text>Black & White</Text>
</Item>
</Items>