Newbie: How to convert "<" to "&lt;" ( encoding? )

[Bjorn Pettersen]

This should get you going:

Python 1.5.2 (#0, Apr 13 1999, 10:51:12) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import string
>>> s = "this <is> a <string> with <nested <brackets>>"
>>> print string.replace.__doc__
replace (str, old, new[, maxsplit]) -> string

Return a copy of string str with all occurrences of substring
old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxsplit is
given, only the first maxsplit occurrences are replaced.
>>> tmp = string.replace(s, '<', '<')
>>> tmp
'this <is> a <string> with <nested <brackets>>'
>>> s = string.replace(tmp, '>', '>')
>>> s
'this <is> a <string> with <nested <brackets>>'
>>>

-- bjorn

Eric wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> The subject says it all.  I'm sure there's a Python function that will
> convert:
> "<"  to  "<"
> ">"  to  ">"
> etc.
> Do you know what the function(s) is/are?  Any help or pointers are greatly
> appreciated!
> 
> Eric.
> 
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