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

The & is a special character in XML, used for character entities. If your XML has & sitting there by itself, not as part of an entity like & or ѐ or the like, then the XML is invalid.