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- given that it'sa block quote, quotation marks seem redundant

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@ -19,29 +19,29 @@ When you use Selectors in Scrapy, your final goal is to "extract" the data that
you've selected, as the [http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/selectors.html
XPath Selectors documentation] says (bolding by me):
"When you’re scraping web pages, the most common task you need to perform is
to **extract** data from the HTML source."
When you’re scraping web pages, the most common task you need to perform is
to **extract** data from the HTML source.
..
"Scrapy comes with its own mechanism for **extracting** data. They’re called
Scrapy comes with its own mechanism for **extracting** data. They’re called
``XPath`` selectors (or just “selectors”, for short) because they “select”
certain parts of the HTML document specified by ``XPath`` expressions."
certain parts of the HTML document specified by ``XPath`` expressions.
..
"To actually **extract** the textual data you must call the selector
``extract()`` method, as follows"
To actually **extract** the textual data you must call the selector
``extract()`` method, as follows
..
"Selectors also have a ``re()`` method for **extracting** data using regular
expressions."
Selectors also have a ``re()`` method for **extracting** data using regular
expressions.
..
"For example, suppose you want to **extract** all <p> elements inside <div>
elements. First you get would get all <div> elements"
For example, suppose you want to **extract** all <p> elements inside <div>
elements. First you get would get all <div> elements
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