[Tutor] COnvert a string?

[Michal Molhanec]

j2 wrote:
> Ok, i am not a _total_ newbie (just almost). But i need to convert a 
> string that looks a little something like this
>  
> =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hej=2C_tack_f=F6r_bra_team_work_p=E5_ndc5_i_fredags_efterm?=
>     =?iso-8859-1?Q?iddag!_/Rolf?=
>  
> into a "plain" textfile (ASCII text only, with spaces between words).
> Any hints? I can not figure this out?

look at decode_header function in email package
i've used:

             header_line = email.Header.decode_header(header_line)
             s = u''
             for text, charset in header_line:
                 if charset:
                     try:
                         s += text.decode(charset)
                     except:
                         s += text
                 else:
                     s += text

warning: i'm also only beginner