Reputation: 63299

python: what does u'{' represent?

When I print out a value it has a u in front of it, I think it is some type notation, what is it? Where I can find a list of such notations?

Upvotes: 2

Answers (3)

Reputation: 371

That's creating a unicode string. I'd recommend this section from Dive into Python on the topic

There are many advantages to explicitly using unicode, the most common reason for doing so is to force integrity when working with a database.

Upvotes: 2

Reputation: 262919

Documentation about all these literal adornments can be found there.

Upvotes: 7

Reputation: 331

Unicode Constructors talks about unicode.

Upvotes: 2