"Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> On Linux, try gucharmap or kcharselect.
Or gnome-character-map if using Gnome.
Regards,
Björn
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> Thanks to both of you. Those approaches make sense. Here's the final
> result if you're curious:
http://utilitymill.com/utility/Display_Unicode_Char_From_Hex
Not sure what operating system you are using. On Windows, I recommend
that you look at the charmap.exe utility. On Linux, try gucharm
On Feb 10, 4:30 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 en
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> However how can I change it so it works with a string variable?
>
> print unicode("\u221E") doesn't seem to do it.
Sure, that's because \u only works in unicode strings. You'd need
to "encode" your \u-containing string to a unicode string. Perhaps
this'll help:
>>> def
> 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
Why don't you use ord?
2008/2/10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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
>
> And get back ∞
>
> Now, this d
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
And get back ∞
Now, this does seem to work:
>>> print u"\u221E"
∞
However how can I change it so it works with a
