On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Seid Mohammed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am new to python. > I want to print Amharic character using the Python IDLE. > here goes somple code > ============================================================== >>>> abebe = 'አበበ በሶ በላ' >>>> abebe > '\xe1\x8a\xa0\xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x89\xa0 \xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x88\xb6 > \xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x88\x8b' >>>> print abebe > አበበ በሶ በላ >>>> abeba = ['አበበ','በሶ','በላ'] >>>> abeba > ['\xe1\x8a\xa0\xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x89\xa0', '\xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x88\xb6', > '\xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x88\x8b'] >>>> print abeba > ['\xe1\x8a\xa0\xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x89\xa0', '\xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x88\xb6', > '\xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x88\x8b'] >>>> len(abebe) > 23 > ======================== > so my question is > 1)why >>> abebe prints '\xe1\x8a\xa0\xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x89\xa0 > \xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x88\xb6 \xe1\x89\xa0\xe1\x88\x8b' instead of አበበ በሶ > በላ > 2) why >>> print abeba don't print the expected አበበ በሶ በላ string
when you print strings from the interpreter using >>> abeba it will escape any non-ascii characters. if you, instead print it using >>> print abeba it will print the proper characters, as long as your terminal supports it. -- mvh base (Bård Aase) MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.elzapp.com :wq -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
