Is there a way to edit a string within a list when creating a function?

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I am creating a function in python 3 by pulling HTML text from yahoo finance and using regular expressions so that once I enter a ticker symbol, the name of the company is returned. I am able to do so, however, when importing the company 'Macy's, Inc.', ['Macy's Inc'] is returned. Here is what I have tried so far to remove the '&#x27' and replace it with "'":

Please post your code as plain text, not screenshots, so we can copy it and execute it. — Barmar, Feb 21 '20 at 01:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 21 '20 at 01:02

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Use a list comprehension

return [x.replace('&#27;', "'") for x in name]

See also Decode HTML entities in Python string? for how to decode all HTML entities in a string, not just .

answered Feb 21 '20 at 01:02

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Is there a way to edit a string within a list when creating a function?

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