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MarkJ
MarkJ

Reputation: 411

Remove unicode characters

I want to remove the pound sign (£) from a csv file

f = open('menu.csv')
    content = f.read()
    content.decode("utf-8")
    print content
    content.decode("utf-8").replace(u"\u00a3", "*")

    content.decode("utf-8").replace(u"\u00a3", "*").encode("utf-8")

But when I print it, content doesn't change at all. It returns the same string.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2065

Answers (3)

LetzerWille
LetzerWille

Reputation: 5658

to print pound sign you should open file with encodigns flag ..

with open('data.csv', encoding='utf-8') as f:

Upvotes: 0

ForceBru
ForceBru

Reputation: 44828

You don't need this encoding/decoding business:

content=content.encode('utf-8').replace(u'£','*')

Upvotes: 0

vks
vks

Reputation: 67968

Update your content

content=content.decode("utf-8").replace(u"\u00a3", "*")

Upvotes: 2

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