Python encoding - Nothing works

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I've been looking the answers here in this web site, but nothing have worked so far. The problem is:

In the database, strings are saved like that one: at √s = 7 TeV with.

And the reason is that the "escape" JavaScript function was used.

I was not able to "unescape" these strings in Python yet. I tried to use "eval", "decode", "re.sub" and others, but without success. So please, which function can I use to get it right?

Please specify in even more detail what you have, and what youl would expect. The quoted string you have no is hard to make sense of. — unwind, Feb 28 '11 at 14:46
That string is **not** a product of the JavaScript "escape" function. If it were, there'd be no spaces in it, and the ampersand would be encoded too. — Pointy, Feb 28 '11 at 14:51
look at here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/628332/decoding-html-entities-with-python — Yuda Prawira, Feb 28 '11 at 14:56

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '11 at 14:58

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The string in question looks like it's encoded with HTML entities, in which case a routine like this one would be appropriate for unescaping. Here's how it looks for your string:

>>> print unescape('at &#8730;s = 7 TeV with')
at √s = 7 TeV with

answered Feb 28 '11 at 14:58

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '11 at 14:51

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urllib.unquote should undo most if not all of the Javascript escape() function, but specific details on what you're getting out of escape() might help verify this

answered Feb 28 '11 at 14:51

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