im parsing html using BeautifulSoup in python i dont know how to insert a

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Asked: May 23, 20262026-05-23T08:01:31+00:00 2026-05-23T08:01:31+00:00

im parsing html using BeautifulSoup in python

i dont know how to insert a space when extracting text element

this is the code:

import BeautifulSoup
soup=BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup('<html>this<b>is</b>example</html>')
print soup.text

then output is

thisisexample

but i want to insert a space to this like

yes is example

how do i insert a space?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-23T08:01:31+00:00

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Use getText instead:

import BeautifulSoup
soup=BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup('<html>this<b>is</b>example</html>')

print soup.getText(separator=u' ')
# u'this is example'

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