Escape double quote character in XML

Question

Is there an escape character for a double quote in xml? I want to write a tag like:

but if I put \"

Answer 1

If you just need to try something out quickly, here's a quick and dirty solution. Use single quotes for the attribute value:

<parameter name='Quote = " '>

Answer 2

Here are the common characters which need to be escaped in XML, starting with double quotes:

1. double quotes (") are escaped to "
2. ampersand (&) is escaped to &
3. single quotes (') are escaped to '
4. less than (<) is escaped to <
5. greater than (>) is escaped to >