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pull population data from Wikipedia
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pullwikipop.py
import wikipedia
CITIES=['Paris','Barcelona','Tokyo', 'New York City','Amsterdam','Copenhaguen','San Francisco']
AMBIGUOUS_CITIES = ['Santiago']
for city in CITIES:
citywiki = wikipedia.page(city)
cwsum = citywiki.summary
poploc = cwsum.index('population') # first and only? use re!
print(city, cwsum[poploc:poploc+30])
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