How to replace &lt and & gt coming while creating XML in ASP.NET with C#?

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I want to replace < and & gt coming while creating Xml in asp.net with c#. I am creating an xml and applying signature and adding to the signature node. I need to append <!cONTENTDAta to the content provided. But on creating I am getting <: fro < and >: for >

What I have tried:

string contentdatatag = "<![CDATA[" + content + "]]>";

       string decodedxml = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(contentdatatag);

       //string decodedxml = contentdatatag.Replace("<", "<").Replace(">", ">");

       XmlNodeList elemList = xmlDoc2.GetElementsByTagName("content");

       elemList[0].InnerText = decodedxml;

      string sdecodedxml= HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(decodedxml);

      elemList[0].InnerText = sdecodedxml;

       XmlNodeList elemList1 = xmlDoc2.GetElementsByTagName("date");

       elemList1[0].InnerText = "2017-04-26T12:21:13";

       content = content + elemList1[0].InnerText;

Posted 2-May-17 0:04am

Alex2 101

Updated 4-May-17 6:27am

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Nirav Prabtani 2-May-17 7:07am

What is an issue with replace function, Have you checked it ?

george4986 4-May-17 7:37am

try this
Value = Value.Replace("<", "<");
Value = Value.Replace(">", ">");

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2017-05-04T06:27:00

Solution 1

Try this:

C#

XmlNodeList elemList = xmlDoc2.GetElementsByTagName("content");
if (elemList.Count != 0)
{
    XmlCDataSection cdata = xmlDoc2.CreateCDataSection(content);
    elemList[0].AppendChild(cdata);
}

Posted 4-May-17 6:27am

Richard Deeming