How to convert " " in a string to blank space?

[一首诗]

Oh, I didn't make myself clear.

What I mean is how to convert a piece of html to plain text bu keep as
much format as possible.

Such as convert " " to blank space and convert <br> to "\r\n"

Gary Herron wrote:
> 一首诗 wrote:
> > Is there any simple way to solve this problem?
> >
> >
> Yes, strings have a replace method:
>
> >>> s = "abc def"
> >>> s.replace(' ',' ')
> 'abc def'
>
> Also various modules that are meant to deal with web and xml and such
> have functions to do such operations.
> 
> 
> Gary Herron