XML parsing in python: expaterror not well-formed

Question

I\'m using Python\'s xml.etree.ElementTree to do some XML parsing on a file. However, I get this error mid-way through the document:

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Answer 1

You can use the escape function found in the xml module

from xml.sax.saxutils import escape

my_string = "Some string with an &"

# If the string contains &, <, or > they will be converted.
print(escape(my_string))

# Above will return: Some string with an &

Reference: Escaping strings for use in XML