XML Parsing: How to ignore hard-coded '<' inside string?

Question

I am using XMLPullParser on Android to read the XML of this site: https://www.dotabuff.com/heroes/abaddon/matchups?date=patch_7.07b

What I want to read is just some info on the huge line 14.

At some point before that line, there is a '<' inside a string so I get this error:

org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Illegal: "<" inside attribute value 

(position:START_TAG <iframe id='vmv2-frm-'+id+'' src='kunkka-unit kunkka-leaderboard'>@3:5973 in java.io.InputStreamReader@7f90d80)

I took a look at this question but since the page is not mine, there is nothing I can do to change the '<'.

I have no idea how to fix this, maybe there is a way to completely ignore the above lines that cause the error?

basically, you have to make the `String` a valid XML. Invalid XML should not be parsed in any case. So you have to somehow find and fix your `>` — Vladyslav Matviienko, Nov 06 '17 at 12:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '17 at 12:22

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Use the code ,

YourString.replaceAll("<","")

it will replace the "<" value in your string with an empty string.

answered Nov 06 '17 at 12:22

Clint Paul

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What do you mean by 'YourString'? All I have is an InputStream that contains all the XML inside it. – SkyPower Nov 06 '17 at 12:34

XML Parsing: How to ignore hard-coded '<' inside string?

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