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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Appian fails to validate expression sometimes</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/rules/11145/appian-fails-to-validate-expression-sometimes</link><description>while i was writing an expression rule for mni call, i realised that appian sometimes fails to validate the expression, i tried to enter many &amp;quot;!!!!!...&amp;quot; in expression and appian still validated the expression. 
 
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it is verifing only Syntax like missing braces or comma. Here you are trying to verify &amp;quot;tp! and Pv!&amp;quot;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>