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Yes overall the fix is working for CDATA sections! Just one minor additional fix, when there are pairs of [] within the text, the second ] onward is consistently not read. It’s cut off in the temp csv and sas dataset.
Example xml:
<Item naaccrId=”rxTextChemo” naaccrNum=”2640″><![CDATA[1/10/2016 DrugB (Part1, Part2, & Part3) @ Facility w/ Dr. Name. [DrugA started in 1/2015, but DrugB regimen planned] 1/15/2017 Drugc @ Facility w/ Dr Name2]]></Item>
The resulting variable only contains:
1/10/2016 DrugB (Part1, Part2, & Part3) @ Facility w/ Dr. Name. [DrugA started in 1/2015, but DrugB regimen planned
I think this is likely because CDATA uses [], I didn’t have problems with any other special characters in the data I tested.