CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonpython-2.7
Adobri
Adobri

Reputation: 481

Escaping unicode string using \u

I have a string like "válido" . Usually python can convert this to hex based easily on the command prompt and this would become 'v\xc3\x83\xc2\xa1lido'

But I want to use \u for the unicode codepoints, so I want the output like "v\u00c2\u00a1lido"

So basically the input should be "válido" and the output should be "v\u00c2\u00a1lido"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 206

Answers (2)

WKPlus
WKPlus

Reputation: 7255

I think json.dumps is what you need:

>>> s="válido"
>>> s
'v\xc3\x83\xc2\xa1lido'
>>> json.dumps(s)
'"v\\u00c3\\u00a1lido"'
>>> print json.dumps(s)
"v\u00c3\u00a1lido"

Maybe it's too late for the OP, but hope it can help guys who are trying to solve the same problem.

Upvotes: 0

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1121654

\u only works in Unicode strings; start your string literal with u:

u"v\u00c2\u00a1lido"

Demo:

>>> u"v\u00c2\u00a1lido"
u'v\xc2\xa1lido'
>>> print u"v\u00c2\u00a1lido"
v¡lido

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions