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Revision: 37829
at December 18, 2010 06:19 by adrianparr
Updated Code 
// http://xml.silmaril.ie/authors/specials/

function replaceSpecialXmlChars($str:String):String {
	var regExp:RegExp;
	regExp = /&/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&");
	regExp = /</g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&lt;");
	regExp = />/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&gt;");
	regExp = /"/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&quot;");
	regExp = /'/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&apos;");
	return $str;
}

var myStr:String = "<&>\"'<&>\"'";
trace(myStr);
trace(replaceSpecialXmlChars(myStr));

// OUTPUT
// <&>"'
// &lt;&amp;&gt;&quot;&apos;

Revision: 37828
at December 18, 2010 06:19 by adrianparr
Updated Code 
// http://xml.silmaril.ie/authors/specials/

function replaceSpecialXmlChars($str:String):String {
	var regExp:RegExp;
	regExp = /&/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&amp;");
	regExp = /</g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&lt;");
	regExp = />/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&gt;");
	regExp = /\"/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&quot;");
	regExp = /'/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&apos;");
	return $str;
}

var myStr:String = "<&>\"'<&>\"'";
trace(myStr);
trace(replaceSpecialXmlChars(myStr));

// OUTPUT
// <&>"'
// &lt;&amp;&gt;&quot;&apos;

Revision: 37827
at December 18, 2010 06:17 by adrianparr
Updated Code 
// http://xml.silmaril.ie/authors/specials/

function replaceSpecialXmlChars($str:String):String {
	var regExp:RegExp;
	regExp = /&/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&amp;");
	regExp = /</g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&lt;");
	regExp = />/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&gt;");
	regExp = /"/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&quot;");
	regExp = /'/g;
	$str = $str.replace(regExp, "&apos;");
	return $str;
}

var myStr:String = "<&>\"'<&>\"'";
trace(myStr);
trace(replaceSpecialXmlChars(myStr));

// OUTPUT
// <&>"'
// &lt;&amp;&gt;&quot;&apos;

Revision: 37826
at December 17, 2010 23:00 by adrianparr
Initial Code 
// http://xml.silmaril.ie/authors/specials/

function replaceSpecialXmlChars($str:String):String {
	$str = $str.replace("&", "&amp;");
	$str = $str.replace("<", "&lt;");
	$str = $str.replace(">", "&gt;");
	$str = $str.replace("\"", "&quot;");
	$str = $str.replace("'", "&apos;");
	return $str;
}

var myStr:String = "<&>\"'";
trace(myStr);
trace(replaceSpecialXmlChars(myStr));

// OUTPUT
// <&>"'
// &lt;&amp;&gt;&quot;&apos;
Initial URL 
http://xml.silmaril.ie/authors/specials/
Initial Description 
These five characters should be replaced with their HTML entity names before being used in XML, otherwise they may cause the XML to be invalid.
Initial Title 
AS3 Replace Special XML Characters with Entity Names (Partial Set)
Initial Tags 
regex, replace, xml, regexp
Initial Language 
ActionScript 3