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CSS SELECTORS - Using select() with CSS syntax

Python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""CSS SELECTORS - Using select() with CSS syntax"""
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html = """
<html><body>
<div class="container">
    <p class="text">Paragraph 1</p>
    <p class="text highlight">Paragraph 2</p>
    <span id="info">Information</span>
</div>
<p class="text">Paragraph 3</p>
</body></html>
"""
soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
print("CSS Selectors:")
print(f"  .text: {len(soup.select('.text'))} elements")
print(f"  #info: {soup.select_one('#info').string}")
print(f"  .container .text: {len(soup.select('.container .text'))} elements")
print(f"  .text.highlight: {soup.select_one('.text.highlight').string}")
for elem in soup.select('p.text'):
    print(f"    {elem.get('class')}: {elem.string}")