Convert str with percents (url) to usual str

Question

I have strings like C%2B%2B_name.zip which are supposed as url encoded. How to convert them to C++_name.zip?
Py 3.x.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '14 at 08:42

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For Python 3, you will need to use:

urllib.parse.unquote('C%2B%2B_name.zip')

answered Nov 18 '14 at 08:42

Dan D.

Finally someone who read the question and provided a solution for Python 3. – Matthias Nov 18 '14 at 08:44
for 2 -3 or 3-2 sometimes make confusion, many thing changes :) – Hackaholic Nov 18 '14 at 08:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '14 at 08:42

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All you need is URL library

import urllib
print urllib.unquote('C%2B%2B_name.zip')

and if you have names with other characters (not only English), then you can add .decode('utf8')

answered Nov 18 '14 at 08:42

Salvador Dali

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