Want to write string """ to xml file

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Would like to write raw string "&quot" to value of an attribute.

using python minidom!

After writing "&quot" to XML file ,it looks like "&ampquot" in the file.

pls help me on this....

Possible duplicate of [How do I escape ampersands in XML?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1328538/how-do-i-escape-ampersands-in-xml) — Rohan Khude, Jul 25 '16 at 06:39
I just created an answer, but now I have a question. Do you literally want `&quot`, or do you actually want `"` (which is how a double quote character is encoded in an XML string). If you really do want `&quot`, then it seems like `&quot` is in fact how it *should* appear in the file, because `&` represents the ampersand character. — Warren Weckesser, Jul 25 '16 at 06:44

Warren Weckesser · Answer 1 · 2016-07-25T06:34:54.450

Use the regular double quote character in the string value of the attribute. The code will take care of converting it to " in the XML output.

Here's an example. First, create the document:

In [52]: from xml.dom.minidom import getDOMImplementation

In [53]: impl = getDOMImplementation()

In [54]: doc = impl.createDocument(None, "tag", None)

In [55]: top_element = doc.documentElement

Set the "foo" attribute of the top element. Note that there are double quotes in the string that will be the value of the "foo" attribute.

In [56]: top_element.setAttribute("foo", '"plate of shrimp"')

When the document is printed, those double quotes are converted to ":

In [57]: print(top_element.toprettyxml())
<tag foo="&quot;plate of shrimp&quot;"/>

Want to write string """ to xml file

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