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Asked: 2026-06-06T13:45:20+00:00

How to embed special character in XML and have XDocument parse it? <?xml version=1.0

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How to embed special character in XML and have XDocument parse it?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Customers>
<Customer>
<CustomerID>BLAUS</CustomerID>
<CompanyName>Blauer See Delikatessen</CompanyName>
<ContactName>Hanna Moos</ContactName>
<Region>testing</Region>
</Customer>
<Customer>
<CustomerID>SPLIR</CustomerID>
<CompanyName>Split Rail Beer &#x25BA Ale</CompanyName>
<ContactName>Art raunschweiger</ContactName>
<Region>WY</Region>
</Customer>
</Customers>
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  1. Editorial Team

    The file you posted is not valid XML which is why it will fail to parse.

    The problem is in this line:

    <CompanyName>Split Rail Beer &#x25BA Ale</CompanyName>

    Which should be:

    <CompanyName>Split Rail Beer &#x25BA; Ale</CompanyName>

    A properly encoded numeric entity is &#x25BA; (note the trailing ;) – this translates to the character ►.

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