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XMLDECOD: Decoding XML-Encoded Characters

How to:

The XMLDECOD function decodes the following five standard XML-encoded characters when they are encountered in a string:

Character Name	Character	XML-Encoded Representation
ampersand	&	&
greater than symbol	>	>
less than symbol	<	<
double quotation mark	"	"
single quotation mark (apostrophe)	'	'

Syntax: How to Decode XML-Encoded Characters

XMLDECOD(inlength, source_string, outlength,  output)

where:

inlength

Integer

Is the length of the field containing the source character string, or a field that contains the length.

source_string

Alphanumeric

Is the name of the field containing the source character string or the string enclosed in single quotation marks (').

outlength

Integer

Is the length of the output character string, or a field that contains the length.

output

Integer

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