XML: Concatenate string and line break

Question

I want to write a simple message with a line break in the middle. I know that in Java you can do something like the following:

"Hey, this is a message" + \n + "...and this is the rest of it on a new line"

How can I do the same in XML? Can I use the \n escape character or do I use the html line break?

I would like to add a message to the following element in the ObjectValue attribute:

<EnterValue ScreenName="" ObjectName="EMAIL_MESSAGE" ObjectValue=""/>

possible duplicate of [Line Break in XML?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2986297/line-break-in-xml) — Anirudh Ramanathan, Aug 09 '13 at 16:15
@DarkCthulhu: not precisely a duplicate - the cited question aims at inserting content of xml elements into html, the latter requiring a markup representation of a newline. — collapsar, Aug 09 '13 at 16:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '13 at 16:15

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use the numrical entity representation of xml: &#x<hex code of char>;, eg 
, for a LF, CR, respectively.

note that this method works without regard to the character set and/or encoding being used as the byte range 0x00 - 0x7f is shared by all encodings (roughly speaking at least. ebcdic will be different. but the dichotomy between unicode encodings vs. byte-oriented charsets will be covered).

answered Aug 09 '13 at 16:15

collapsar

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I tried doing something like this `"Message 1 Message 2"` but it is still on the same line. How should it be formatted? – neuquen Aug 09 '13 at 16:23
try ` `, ` ` at first. which application will display your xml data? – collapsar Aug 09 '13 at 16:25
It's being displayed in IE9. – neuquen Aug 09 '13 at 16:28
So, by copying exactly what you had, I got `"Message 1 [new line] , [new line] Message 2` – neuquen Aug 09 '13 at 16:29
Alright, I got the desired results with just ` `. Thanks! This seems kind of like a hack or workaround. Is there another way? – neuquen Aug 09 '13 at 16:32
@Keven: no, it's no hack but in the specs. – collapsar Aug 09 '13 at 16:37

XML: Concatenate string and line break

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