cdata within cdata in XML

Question

i want to use CDATA within CDATA in XML i tried following codes, but both are showing error.

1.

 <extraScript><![CDATA[

        <subScript><![CDATA[this.value]]></subScript>

 ]]></extraScript>

2.

 <extraScript><![CDATA[

        <subScript><![CDATA[this.value]]]]><![CDATA[></subScript>

 ]]></extraScript>

i refereed this post in SO

according to that answer i tried second one but </subScript> is making problem how i can escape these part. some helps??

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 08 '15 at 10:31

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You can't nest CDATA blocks.

The first ]]> will terminate the first CDATA block and then the next end tag will not be well-formed.

Use character references (< et al) instead.

answered Jan 08 '15 at 10:31

Quentin

check this [post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12860754/using-cdata-inside-another-cdata) in SO – chriz Jan 08 '15 at 10:36
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@chriz — That is another approach you could take, although it is not "escaping" anything, and still doesn't have nested CDATA blocks. – Quentin Jan 08 '15 at 10:37
@chriz — Why do you want a third solution? You have two already. – Quentin Jan 08 '15 at 10:41
<![CDATA[ <![CDATA[this.value]]]]><![CDATA[></subScript> ]]> did u mean like this and none of these solutions are working for me :( – chriz Jan 08 '15 at 10:42
No. I said **instead**. You should have only a single CDATA block. – Quentin Jan 08 '15 at 10:47

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