How to include "&" in XML file

Question

I need the following output in an XML

log="+ Passed Open the Website
"

Here is the relevant part of the code

var1 = '&#xD;&#xA;'
var2 = f' + {res} {na}{var1}'
var2 = var2.replace('&amp;', '&')
case = ET.SubElement(
    suite,
    "testcase",
    {
        "name": f"{na}",
        "log": f'{var2}'

I have tried .replace and escape but every time it shows this output.

log=" + Passed Load Home Page&#xD;&#xA;"

How can I replace the &amp with &?

How did you implement the ```.replace``` function. – Aug 25 '21 at 10:47 — , Aug 25 '21 at 10:47
@Sujay added in the question. I tried many different ways. – Abhishek Rai Aug 25 '21 at 10:51 — Abhishek Rai, Aug 25 '21 at 10:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '21 at 10:53

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If your output is &#xD;&#xA; then it means that you are re-escaping.
Try to unescape before outputing it, e.g.:

var1 = unescape('&#xD;&#xA;')

answered Aug 25 '21 at 10:53

horcrux

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What do you mean by "missing"? ` ` represents just a newline. – horcrux Aug 25 '21 at 10:57
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Nope, see [What characters do I need to escape in XML documents?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1091945) – horcrux Aug 25 '21 at 11:02
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In any case, it seems that your library is taking care of escaping for you, so you should not care of the syntax of your output. – horcrux Aug 25 '21 at 11:05
Thank you very much for your help. – Abhishek Rai Aug 25 '21 at 11:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 25 '21 at 10:46

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With this:

text = text.replace("&amp;", "&")

answered Aug 25 '21 at 10:46

aldegalan

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Doing that only, Don't know why it is not working. – Abhishek Rai Aug 25 '21 at 10:47

How to include "&" in XML file

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