find/findALL returns NONE when trying to find text

[Shashwat alok]

I am trying to extract the summary compensation table from the
following website. I have saved the source code on my drive in txt
(table.txt) format.

If i use the following code to search for summary compensation
string, s is always none. From what I understand s should be assigned
a string value of Summary Compensation.

I am new to python and beautiful soup. Any help is greatly
appreciated,

import glob
import codecs
import csv
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(open("table.txt").read())
print soup.prettify()
s=soup.findAll(text="Summary Compensation")
print s

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314102/000119312508210683/ddef14a.htm

[pbuckner]

Check your source text VERY carefully, especially when you're trying
to do an exact (non regular-expression) match.

You'll note in the SEC document, the actual text ends with a space:

<B>Summary Compensation </B>

So, text="Summary Compensation "
will work, or something like
text=re.compile("Summary Compensation")
will allow for more generous matches.

[Shashwat alok]

Thanks a lot for your help. 

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