How to replace unicode characters in string with something else python?

Question

I have a string that I got from reading a HTML webpage with bullets that have a symbol like \"•\" because of the bulleted list. Note that the text is an HTML source from a w

Answer 1

Funny the answer is hidden in among the answers.

str.replace("•", "something") 

would work if you use the right semantics.

str.replace(u"\u2022","something") 

works wonders ;) , thnx to RParadox for the hint.