[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Oct 4, 7:35 am, JBJ <Jean-Bernard.jacquet-at-tele-deux- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I'am very newbie in Python. >> For the moment I'am trying to convert an unicode character to his >> uppercase unaccented character. >> By example with locale fr_FR: >> a,A,à,À should return A >> o,O,ô,Ô should return O >> ½,¼ should return ¼ >> i,I,î,Î should return I >> >> Have you some suggestions ? >> >> Thank. > > Unicode strings have an upper() method - try that. I'm think it > should work properly with your locale - it doesn't give the expected > result for me with an english locale. > No, that will uppercase the string, but it doesn't (and shouldn't) strip the accents:
>>> s = u'''By example with locale fr_FR: a,A,à,À should return A o,O,ô,Ô should return O ½,¼ should return ¼ i,I,î,Î should return I''' >>> print s.upper() BY EXAMPLE WITH LOCALE FR_FR: A,A,À,À SHOULD RETURN A O,O,Ô,Ô SHOULD RETURN O ½,¼ SHOULD RETURN ¼ I,I,Î,Î SHOULD RETURN I >>> I guess maybe my newreader corrupted the third line. It probably corrupts all the others when I send this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
