On Oct 12, 2:43 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You mean literally!? Then of course I get A\xcc\x88 because that's what I > entered. In string literals in source code the backslash has a special > meaning but `raw_input()` does not "interpret" the input in any way. >
Then why don't I end up with the same situation as this: > >> > s = 'A\xcc\x88' #capital A with umlaut > >> > print s #displays capital A with umlaut > > And what is it that your keyboard enters to produce an 'a' with an umlaut? > > *I* just hit the ä key. The one right next to the ö key. ;-) > ...and what if you don't have an a-with-umlaut key?
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