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Convert XML codes from Unicode to string and back in Python
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convert_xml_codes.py
# How to convert XML codes for Unicode can be translated to Unicode in Python
# This is useful for example when reading/writing from/to attribute tables in ArcGIS
import HTMLParser
parser = HTMLParser.HTMLParser()
unescaped = parser.unescape('Krinelnàch')
# To convert from Unicode to xml do:
escaped = u'Krineln\xe0ch'.encode('ascii', 'xmlcharrefreplace')
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