jquery - beautifulsoup select parent content not children content -
    i have following html:   <div class="date_on_by">  <a sasource="qp_focused" href="/author/bill-maurer/articles">bill maurer</a>   <span class="bullet">•</span> yesterday, 9:33  <span class="bullet">•</span>  <span class="comments">98 comments</span>  </div>   if use text.find_all('div',class_="date_on_by").gettext() , returns "   bill maurer • yesterday, 9:33 • 98 comments   but want only:   yesterday, 9:33   which not in children content. how that?          i figured out !   for date in text.find_all('div',class_="date_on_by"):         dates.append(re.split(text.find_all('span',class_="bullet")[0].gettext(),date.gettext())[1])