How to decode special currency characters?

Question

How does one properly decode string values containing special currency characters?

Example:

&#3647; &#273;

I've been playing around with .encode() and .decode() methods, but with no success.

Python does not automatically recognize html escape sequences. You must use the `html` library to parse them. — Aaron, Jun 21 '19 at 14:17
Possible duplicate of [How do I unescape HTML entities in a string in Python 3.1?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2360598/how-do-i-unescape-html-entities-in-a-string-in-python-3-1) — Josh Lee, Jun 21 '19 at 17:43

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 21 '19 at 14:19

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Use html.unescape (doc):

from html import unescape

print(unescape('&#3647; &#273;'))

Prints:

฿ đ

edited Jun 21 '19 at 14:19

Aaron

answered Jun 21 '19 at 14:15

Andrej Kesely

For more information, read the Python 3 docs: https://docs.python.org/3/library/html.html#html.unescape – Nerdi.org Jun 21 '19 at 14:24
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Oh duh. Thank you. I will accept this answer once possible. – dannier Jun 21 '19 at 14:26

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