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Python - Webscape hidden chars show in len how do i remove these?

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I have used:

driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].text

The information it pulls is correct but it adds spaces that show in the HTML as as "&#8237" from the website im scaping.

How do I remove these so I can turn the str in to a int with as this is stopping me at the moment.

I have tried .strip and .replace with no luck.

Heres the raw HTML

<span class="coordinateX">(‭‭−‭‭52‬‭‬‬</span>

when I print this string i get (-52 but when I len() it I get 8 instead of 4 due to these hidden characters.

Thanks
Mark.

python string selenium web-scraping int

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  Try RegEx, 'import re' then create a pattern to detect and remove the items you don't want.
  
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  Can you give an example ? I don't see any reason why replace won't work here!
  
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  I cant see what the textis to say why it wont work. What does the result of that command give you, show us the string you're trying to work with. Check out my answer below, see if that helps
  
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I have used:

driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].text

The information it pulls is correct but it adds spaces that show in the HTML as as "&#8237" from the website im scaping.

How do I remove these so I can turn the str in to a int with as this is stopping me at the moment.

I have tried .strip and .replace with no luck.

Heres the raw HTML

<span class="coordinateX">(‭‭−‭‭52‬‭‬‬</span>

when I print this string i get (-52 but when I len() it I get 8 instead of 4 due to these hidden characters.

Thanks
Mark.

python string selenium web-scraping int

share|improve this question

edited yesterday

Mark

asked Mar 6 at 22:48

MarkMark

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Try RegEx, 'import re' then create a pattern to detect and remove the items you don't want.
  
  – Ari Victor
  Mar 6 at 23:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can you give an example ? I don't see any reason why replace won't work here!
  
  – RobinFrcd
  Mar 6 at 23:56
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I cant see what the textis to say why it wont work. What does the result of that command give you, show us the string you're trying to work with. Check out my answer below, see if that helps
  
  – Ari Victor
  Mar 7 at 0:01
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I have used:

driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].text

The information it pulls is correct but it adds spaces that show in the HTML as as "&#8237" from the website im scaping.

How do I remove these so I can turn the str in to a int with as this is stopping me at the moment.

I have tried .strip and .replace with no luck.

Heres the raw HTML

<span class="coordinateX">(‭‭−‭‭52‬‭‬‬</span>

when I print this string i get (-52 but when I len() it I get 8 instead of 4 due to these hidden characters.

Thanks
Mark.

python string selenium web-scraping int

share|improve this question

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driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].text

<span class="coordinateX">(‭‭−‭‭52‬‭‬‬</span>

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Maybe try regex?

import re

string = 'Here is some string to&#8237test'

string = re.sub(r'(&#dddd)',' ', string)

print(string)

>>> 'Here is some string to test'

re.sub says, if you find this regex pattern r'(&#dddd)', replace it with a ' ', and do this search in the 'string' variable.

Resources

https://pythex.org/ - for creating and testing patterns

Learning material

https://developers.google.com/edu/python/regular-expressions
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_reg_expressions.htm

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answered Mar 6 at 23:57

Ari VictorAri Victor

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  Hello,This doesnt seem to work heres the raw HTML ``` <span class="coordinateX">(‭‭−‭‭52‬‭‬‬</span> ```
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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The relevant HTML would have helped us to debug the issue in a better way. However, you can use get_attribute() method instead of text property as follows:

myText = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].get_attribute("innerHTML")

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answered 2 days ago

DebanjanBDebanjanB

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  Thanks for the reply I tried .get_attribute() and is still has the same issue len() brings back 8 but it should only actually be 4.
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Mark Can you update the question with the relevant HTML for further analysis?
  
  – DebanjanB
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


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  I've added this in now, thanks for the help.
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

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Maybe try regex?

import re

string = 'Here is some string to&#8237test'

string = re.sub(r'(&#dddd)',' ', string)

print(string)

>>> 'Here is some string to test'

re.sub says, if you find this regex pattern r'(&#dddd)', replace it with a ' ', and do this search in the 'string' variable.

Resources

https://pythex.org/ - for creating and testing patterns

Learning material

https://developers.google.com/edu/python/regular-expressions
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_reg_expressions.htm

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 6 at 23:57

Ari VictorAri Victor

4611422

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Hello,This doesnt seem to work heres the raw HTML ``` <span class="coordinateX">(‭‭−‭‭52‬‭‬‬</span> ```
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

Maybe try regex?

import re

string = 'Here is some string to&#8237test'

string = re.sub(r'(&#dddd)',' ', string)

print(string)

>>> 'Here is some string to test'

re.sub says, if you find this regex pattern r'(&#dddd)', replace it with a ' ', and do this search in the 'string' variable.

Resources

https://pythex.org/ - for creating and testing patterns

Learning material

https://developers.google.com/edu/python/regular-expressions
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_reg_expressions.htm

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 6 at 23:57

Ari VictorAri Victor

4611422

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Hello,This doesnt seem to work heres the raw HTML ``` <span class="coordinateX">(‭‭−‭‭52‬‭‬‬</span> ```
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Maybe try regex?

import re

string = 'Here is some string to&#8237test'

string = re.sub(r'(&#dddd)',' ', string)

print(string)

>>> 'Here is some string to test'

re.sub says, if you find this regex pattern r'(&#dddd)', replace it with a ' ', and do this search in the 'string' variable.

Resources

https://pythex.org/ - for creating and testing patterns

Learning material

https://developers.google.com/edu/python/regular-expressions
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_reg_expressions.htm

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 6 at 23:57

Ari VictorAri Victor

4611422

import re

string = 'Here is some string to&#8237test'

string = re.sub(r'(&#dddd)',' ', string)

print(string)

>>> 'Here is some string to test'

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answered Mar 6 at 23:57

Ari VictorAri Victor

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answered Mar 6 at 23:57

Ari VictorAri Victor

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answered Mar 6 at 23:57

Ari VictorAri Victor

4611422

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The relevant HTML would have helped us to debug the issue in a better way. However, you can use get_attribute() method instead of text property as follows:

myText = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].get_attribute("innerHTML")

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

DebanjanBDebanjanB

43.9k114386

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for the reply I tried .get_attribute() and is still has the same issue len() brings back 8 but it should only actually be 4.
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Mark Can you update the question with the relevant HTML for further analysis?
  
  – DebanjanB
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I've added this in now, thanks for the help.
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

The relevant HTML would have helped us to debug the issue in a better way. However, you can use get_attribute() method instead of text property as follows:

myText = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].get_attribute("innerHTML")

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

DebanjanBDebanjanB

43.9k114386

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for the reply I tried .get_attribute() and is still has the same issue len() brings back 8 but it should only actually be 4.
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Mark Can you update the question with the relevant HTML for further analysis?
  
  – DebanjanB
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I've added this in now, thanks for the help.
  
  – Mark
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

The relevant HTML would have helped us to debug the issue in a better way. However, you can use get_attribute() method instead of text property as follows:

myText = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].get_attribute("innerHTML")

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

DebanjanBDebanjanB

43.9k114386

myText = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('(.//span[@class = "x"])')[0].get_attribute("innerHTML")

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

DebanjanBDebanjanB

43.9k114386

answered 2 days ago

DebanjanBDebanjanB

43.9k114386

answered 2 days ago

DebanjanBDebanjanB

43.9k114386