Well.. first things first. Without seeing your loop construction, it's a bit hard to determine the problem. Here's a sample I adjusted from your second scenario: <% String str = '' [1..10].flatten().each{ str = str + '<event>' + it + xwiki.getXMLEncoded('this one\n')+ '</event>\n' } println(str) %> The result when shown in a standard XWiki page for this (just stuck it in a page), is predictable enough; no linebreaks and the <event /> tag is ignored since it thinks it's a custom element. Could you expand a bit more on what output you're getting, and what you're doing with it after (putting it in a field/passing it to xml/etc)? Here's what I get: --- 1this one2this one3this one4this one5this one6this one7this one8this one9this one10this one --- ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BOUSQUET Jeremie Sent: 24 January 2008 16:05 To: [email protected] Subject: [xwiki-users] Groovy and getXMLEncoded() question Hello, I'm having a headache trying to understand why those 2 pieces of groovy do not generate exactly the same thing : 1)- <% // LOOP 10 times println ( '<event>' + xwiki.getXMLEncoded(blablabla) + '</event>' ) // END LOOP %> 2)- <% str = '' // LOOP 10 times str = str + '<event>' + xwiki.getXMLEncoded(blablabla) + '</event>\n' // END LOOP println(str) %> "blablabla" is a formatted text (in my case, the description field of an article for example). 1) produces what is expected : it writes 10 lines of text, beginning with '<event>', and special characters in "blablabla" are correctly translated. 2) produces any number of lines (> 10), because carriage returns inside "blablabla" have not been translated, and so many lines are written for each line expected. I 'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but if someone as an idea it would greatly help me ... Best Regards, Jeremie