Re: strange behaviour of colon within string

2009-10-19 Thread khany
On 19 Oct, 14:44, StarWing wrote: > On Oct 19, 9:15 pm, khany wrote: > > > > > > > On 19 Oct, 13:44, khany wrote: > > > > hello all, > > > > i am relatively new to python and i am trying to convert a php app i > > > have over to it usi

Re: strange behaviour of colon within string

2009-10-19 Thread khany
On 19 Oct, 13:44, khany wrote: > hello all, > > i am relatively new to python and i am trying to convert a php app i > have over to it using googleapps. > > anyway here is the problem. i poll ebay API which has in its XML " xml version="1.0" encoding=&qu

strange behaviour of colon within string

2009-10-19 Thread khany
hello all, i am relatively new to python and i am trying to convert a php app i have over to it using googleapps. anyway here is the problem. i poll ebay API which has in its XML "http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/search/v1/services";> " however it fails to create the string UNLESS i remove