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diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst index e254855..a91854c 100644 --- a/doc/source/index.rst +++ b/doc/source/index.rst @@ -1806,6 +1806,20 @@ Python string in to ``append()``, or you can call the factory method tag.contents # [u'Hello', u' there'] +If you want to create a comment or some other subclass of +``NavigableString``, pass that class as the second argument to +``new_string()``:: + + from bs4 import Comment + new_comment = soup.new_string("Nice to see you.", Comment) + tag.append(new_comment) + tag + # <b>Hello there<!--Nice to see you.--></b> + tag.contents + # [u'Hello', u' there', u'Nice to see you.'] + +(This is a new feature in Beautiful Soup 4.2.1.) + What if you need to create a whole new tag? The best solution is to call the factory method ``BeautifulSoup.new_tag()``:: |