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title: "encode:xml — Encode XML"
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# encode:xml — Encode XML

ENCODE:XML encodes a value by converting special reserved characters to their applicable XML entites.

ENCODE:XML is the complement of the DECODE:XML operation.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Result variable name |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var; type: string

### Examples

```xml
<output>
	<encode:xml>My name is "iXML" &amp; I am a XML derivative!</encode:xml>
</output>

<!-- My name is &quot;iXML&quot; &amp; I am a XML derivative! -->
```