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title: "What is a Complex Element?"  
description: "What is a Complex Element?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2012-03-12  
updated: 2020-09-15  
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category: "xml"  
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# What is a Complex Element?

A complex element is an XML element that contains other elements and/or attributes.\
There are four kinds of complex elements:\
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- Empty elements
- Elements that contain only other elements
- Elements that contain only text
- Elements that contain both other elements and text

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

A complex element is an XML element that contains other elements and/or attributes.\
There are four kinds of complex elements:\
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- Empty elements
- Elements that contain only other elements
- Elements that contain only text
- Elements that contain both other elements and text


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