PS
I’ve also tried:
myCompareFile1 = myTitleName
myCompareFile1.replace("\u2019", "'")
myCompareFile2 = myCompareFileName
myCompareFile2.replace("\u2019", "'")
Which also doesn’t work, the replace itself work but it still fails the compare?
> On 8 Jun 2022, at 10:08, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I decided to start a new thread as this really is a new subject.
>
> I've got two that appear to be identical, but fail to compare. After getting
> the ascii encoding I see that they are indeed different, my question is how
> can I replace the \u2019m with a regular single quote mark (or apostrophe)?
>
> myCompareFile1 = ascii(myTitleName)
> myCompareFile2 = ascii(myCompareFileName)
> myCompareFile1: 'I\u2019m Mandy Fly Me'
> myCompareFile2: "I'm Mandy Fly Me"
>
> I tried the but it doesn’t seem to work?
> myCompareFile1 = ascii(myTitleName)
> myCompareFile1.replace("\u2019", "'")
> myCompareFile2 = ascii(myCompareFileName)
> myCompareFile2.replace("\u2019", "'")
> if myCompareFile1 != myCompareFile2:
> print('myCompareFile1:',myCompareFile1)
> print('myCompareFile2:',myCompareFile2)
> myLength1 = len(myCompareFileName)
> myLength2 = len(myTitleName)
> print('File Name Mismatch - Artist: [' + myArtistName + '] Album: ['+
> myAlbumName + '] Track: [' + myTitleName + '] File: [' + myCompareFileName
> + ']')
> if (myLength1 == myLength2):
> print('lengths match: ',myLength1)
> else:
> print('lengths mismatch: ',myLength1,' ',myLength2)
> print(' ')
> Console:
>
> myCompareFile1: 'I\u2019m Mandy Fly Me'
> myCompareFile2: "I'm Mandy Fly Me"
>
> So it looks like the replace isn’t doing anything?
>
> I’m an experienced developer but learning Python.
>
> All the Best
> Dave
>
>
>
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