how can I convert these outputted coordinates to standard looking ones?

Question

I have this code that outputs coordinates for a port:

import urllib
import urllib.request as request
import re



a = input("What country is your port in?: ")
b = input("What is the name of the port?: ")

url = "http://ports.com/"
country = ["united-kingdom","greece"]
ports = ["port-of-eleusis","portsmouth-continental-ferry-port","poole-harbour"]

totalurl = "http://ports.com/" + a + "/" + b + "/"
htmlfile = urllib.request.urlopen(totalurl)
htmltext = htmlfile.read()
regex = '<strong>Coordinates:</strong>(.*?)</span>'
pattern = re.compile(regex)

with urllib.request.urlopen(totalurl) as response:
    html = htmltext.decode()

num = re.findall(pattern, html)
print(num)

The output is correct and readable but I need the coordinates to something like this format: 39°09'24.6''N 175°37'55.8''W instead of :

>>> [' 50°48′41.04″N 1°5′31.31″W']

Answer 1

Your error is caused because HTML internally uses these codes to display specific unicode characters, while python does not. To fix this, replace print(num) with print(list(i.replace('°', "°").replace('′',"′").replace('″',"″") for i in num))

This essentially replaces ° with °, ′ with ′, and ″ with ″.

>>> print(list(i.replace('°', "°").replace('′',"′").replace('″',"″") for i in num))
[" 50°48′41.04″N 1°5′31.31″W"]
>>>