Subj : Re: E4X:  
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Mike Shaver
Date : Tue Aug 31 2004 04:17 pm

McKinley, Richard wrote:

> I am trying to output a fixed space in HTML.  When I try:
> 
> tr.appendChild(<td>&nbsp;</td>);
> 
> I get:
> 
> The entity "nbsp" was referenced, but not declared.
> 
> I have tried &amp;nbsp; and that is successfull, but the HTML output 
> actually says "&amp;nbsp;" instead of &nbsp;.  Can anyone help me?

nbsp is an HTML entity, and not an XML one (XML has only &amp;, &gt;, 
and &lt; in the "core").  You could declare the entity yourself, or just 
use the &#160; form.

Mike

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