CDATA Sections

Code

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<content>
  <code><![CDATA[
    if (x < 5 && y > 3) {
      console.log("<not a tag>");
    }
  ]]></code>
  <text>Normal text uses &amp; &lt; &gt; for escaping</text>
</content>

Explanation

A CDATA section tells the parser to treat its contents as raw characters, ignoring markup so <, >, and & need no escaping. It is useful for embedding code or HTML inside XML without doubling every ampersand. CDATA cannot contain the sequence ]]> and cannot be nested.

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