For example this is what I am trying to do that is not working. The contents of link is the reuters web page, containing
"/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&amp;storyID=2005-10-05T151245Z_01_HO548006_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AIRLINES-BA.xml" link = link.replace('&amp;','&') But if I now view the the contents link it shows it the same as when it was assigned. Richard Brodie wrote: > "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>However when I pull it into python the URL ends up looking like this >>(notice the & instead of just & in the URL) >> >>Any ideas? > > > Some code would be helpful: the "&" is in the page source to start > with (which is as it ought to be). What are you using to parse the HTML? > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list