JBJ wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > >> Duncan Booth wrote: >>> [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 >>>>> ?,? should return ? >>>>> 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: >>> >> I can agree that is doesn't (though I am taking your word for it), but a >> French person will definitely feel it's doing the wrong thing. Upper >> case letters aren't accented in written French. >> >> regards >> Steve > http://www.academie-francaise.fr/langue/questions.html#accentuation
Malheureusement, I see that absence of accented capitals is a modern phenomenon that is regarded as an impediment to the language mostly stemming from laziness of individual authors and inadequacy of low-end typesetting software. I hadn't realised I was so up-to-date ;-) So I will have to stop propagating this misinformation. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline so I couldn't cat it -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
