NSXMLParser : Nuggets

I was trying to parse an xml of the form between the tags: text xml1 & text xml

NSXMLParser was for some reason was considering & as a delimiter and was calling - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string thrice, once for text xml1, second time for & and third time for text xml2.

Using escape sequence%26 instead of & solved the solved the problem.

Ergo use escape sequence wherever possible instead of &, if parsing with NSXMLParser. I do think there is such problem with xerces and tinyxml.

Below are some commonly used escape sequences:

Character
Escape Code
SPACE
%20
<
%3C
>
%3E
#
%23
%
%25
{
%7B
}
%7D
|
%7C
\
%5C
^
%5E
~
%7E
Character
Escape Code
[
%5B
]
%5D
`
%60
;
%3B
/
%2F
?
%3F
:
%3A
@
%40
=
%3D
&
%26
$
%24