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dakila
dakila

Reputation: 11

Unable to match and replace " and ' characters in a text file

Hello: I have a text file where the double- and single-quote characters cannot be matched and replaced (Python 3.5.2). Below is a sample word copied and pasted.

>>> line_copied_pasted = 'gilingan.”'
>>> line_copied_pasted.replace('"','')
'gilingan.”'

When the string is manually entered, matching succeeds:

>>> line_manually_entered = 'gilingan."'
>>> line_manually_entered
'gilingan."'
>>> line_manually_entered.replace('"','')
'gilingan.'

The file is UTF-16 encoded, I think. Any help to fix the problem? Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 32

Answers (2)

kvorobiev
kvorobiev

Reputation: 5070

In copied text ”(right double quotation mark) and "(quotation mark) are different characters. You could check their codes here.

Upvotes: 1

Kaushik NP
Kaushik NP

Reputation: 6781

You seem to have it figured out. Since it both ” and " are different, it does not make sense to try replacing first while comparing with the latter.

Just do :

line_copied_pasted.replace('”','')

Upvotes: 1

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