> I want to make a little Python utility where a user can enter the > unicode numerical code and get the actual symbol back in utf-8. > > For example, a user could enter something like u221E
I'm puzzled why the user would enter "u221E" - why not just "221E"? > And get back ∞ > > Now, this does seem to work: > >>>> print u"\u221E" > ∞ > However how can I change it so it works with a string variable? The problem is not with variables - print can output variables just fine: text = u"\u221E" print text (where text is a variable holding a Unicode string) Your problem is with data conversion: how to convert a string holding a hexadecimal integer number into a Unicode character whose ordinal is that number? To do so, you need two steps (assuming you start from "221E") 0. char = "221E" 1. convert that into an integer: char = int(char, 16) 2. convert that into a Unicode character: char = unichr(char) 3. print it: print char If you insist on the user entering "u221E" instead, you have to convert that first into a string without the leading u: 0.5 char = char[1:] HTH, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
