python - Issue extracting data using BS4 -

i'm trying extract data website using bs4 can't access exact text need. using following code

name = (soup('td', {'class':'mstat'}))

outputs

[<td class="mstat" colspan="3"><span class="r">badges</span></td>]

however need class "r". if try access class "r" using following code empty list returned []

name = (soup('td', {'class':'r'}))

output

[]

i text reads 'badges', text can change length , different can't delete surrounding code.

desired output

'badges'

would know i'm doing wrong...

you looking <span> tag instead:

soup('span', class_='r')

if want find span tags class inside of td tags mstat class you'll need loop:

spans = [] td in soup('td', class_='mstat'):     spans.expand(td('span', class_='r'))

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