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gistfile1.py
# Write Python code that assigns to the
# variable url a string that is the value
# of the first URL that appears in a link
# tag in the string page.
# page = contents of a web page
page =('<div id="top_bin"><div id="top_content" class="width960">'
'<div class="udacity float-left"><a href="http://www.xkcd.com">')
start_link = page.find('<a href=')
start_quote = page.find('"', start_link)
end_quote = page.find('"', start_quote + 1)
url = page[start_quote+1:end_quote]
print url
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