HTML entities replacement

[anonymous]

How can I replace characters like & # 038; on their equivalents in a shorter way in python script?

[bartonc]

How can I replace characters like & # 038; on their equivalents in a shorter way in python script?

I'm not getting this: What are "their equivalents"? Can you give an example of what you are trying to achieve and how you are doing it?

[linksterman]

well like &apos is an apostrophe. there are dozens and dozens of these.

[anonymous]

2bartonc example

It's simple to replace but I have no time to create hash tables for replacement.
Probably exists special library for my task?

[Andelys]

If you wonna replace them all, its gonna take time... There are maybe +10000k of those tag...