text_864 = "\xd1"
unicode_string = unicode(text_864, encoding="cp864") # cp864 = IBM 864
The above code is working with Python 2.4.
Unfortunately, it doesn't support IBM 420 & Nafitha. The mapping between IBM
864 and unicode is in Lib/encodings & the file is very simple. You can add your
own ea
Madhu Alagu wrote:
> How to convert IBM 864,IBM 420 & Nafitha(Arabic) to UNICODE.
You can treat them like every other encoding:
>>> s = '\xe1\xec\xf0\xe8\xe1' # *
>>> print s.decode("cp864") # convert from cp864 to unicode
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>>> s.decode("cp864").encode("utf8") # convert from cp864 to utf-8
"Madhu Alagu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> How to convert IBM 864,IBM 420 & Nafitha(Arabic) to UNICODE.
Your OS should have some tools for that. On Linux I use 'iconv' to convert
from several encodings to several other encodings.
Another option is checking if Python has those encod
Hello,
How to convert IBM 864,IBM 420 & Nafitha(Arabic) to UNICODE.
Thanks
Madhu Alagu
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