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I need to parse some text/xml files I get from different sources. Now I have found some problems with line breaks.

In some files i get  as line break, in some others i get only .
Now our Delphi XE 2 has some problems with , it is not imported correctly.

For example:
1. City
State
Result of import:

City
State

City&&State

Why does this occur and how to solve it?

Indy write spaces as a string like `#$D`. It looks quite the same. I think that you have no other choice that string substitution like `StringReplace(your_text_xml, ' ', #13, [rfReplaceAll])` — fantaghirocco, Nov 25 '15 at 08:36
I already thought about that workaround, but still hoped for some cleaner solution ;-) — Obl Tobl, Nov 25 '15 at 08:41
@fantaghirocco `#$D` is Pascal and is not XML. Here we are talking about XML numeric character references. Your `StringReplace` is no good. You'll collect text in `CDATA` sections too. I suggest that you read this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454 — David Heffernan, Nov 25 '15 at 08:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 25 '15 at 08:43

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There is no difference between these two XML texts.  specifies the same character as . Likewise for 
 and 
.

Your XML parser is broken and the solution is to either fix it or replace it.

answered Nov 25 '15 at 08:43

David Heffernan

Doesn't TXMLDocument of Delphi use MSXML? – Marco van de Voort Nov 25 '15 at 08:45
@MarcovandeVoort I think it allows for different XML parsers, but on Windows by default you get MSXML. My guess is that the user is not using a real parser. – David Heffernan Nov 25 '15 at 08:53

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