On Oct 12, 1:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Oct 12, 1:53 pm, 7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > s = 'A\xcc\x88' #capital A with umlaut
> > print s #displays capital A with umlaut
>
> > s = raw_input('Enter: ') #A\xcc\x88
> > print s #displays A\xcc\x88
>
> > print len(input) #9
>
> > It looks like every character of the string I enter in utf-8 is being
> > interpreted literally as 9 separate characters rather than one
> > character. How do I enter a capital A with an umlaut so that python
> > treats it as one character?
>
> I don't know. This works for me:
>
>
>
> >>> x = raw_input('Enter: ')
> Enter: รค
> >>> len(x)
> 1
>
> I'm using Python 2.4 with Default Source Encoding set to None on
> Windows XP SP2.
>
> Mike
Yeah, but what happens when you enter A\xcc\x88? And what is it that
your keyboard enters to produce an 'a' with an umlaut?
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