Replacing "illegal characters" in html

From: BenO (ben.nospam_at_ladeda.co.uk)
Date: 05/09/04 

Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 19:48:49 +0000 (UTC)

Hi

I'm new to python and need to write a function to replace certain characters
in a string (html).

The characters I need to replace come from MS Word copy & paste and are:

' (Left quote)
' (Right quote)
Double Left quotes
Double Right quotes

Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction on an efficient way of
doing this?

Thanks

Ben

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