For some reason I am unable to replace the Degree symbol with the field calculator. I'm guessing it has something to do with the formatting of the degree symbol.
This does not work
!Mapping_Angle!.replace("°", "-")
UPDATE: Problem solved, found an easy workaround. Since this did not work, I just used Excel to find and replace all degree signs with a dash. It's not so picky.
You know what, that would have been easier! I do not know why I did not just do that. Sometimes I suppose I get too caught up in Python and forget about the basics.