Some unicode characters can be used to name variables, functions, etc. without any problems, e.g. α. Other unicode characters raise an error, e.g. ∇. Which unicode characters can be used to form valid expressions in python? Which unicode characters will raise a SyntaxError? And, is there a reasonable means of…
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Python – Unicode De/Encode
How can I pass all the content from making a db-input(s1), loading it from there (s2) and pass it correctly back-formated to the file? Log: EDIT: I am working on windows. Answer The problem is that you open the file in text mode, but don’t specify the encoding. In that case the system default encoding i…
how to convert Python 2 unicode() function into correct Python 3.x syntax
I enabled the compatibility check in my Python IDE and now I realize that the inherited Python 2.7 code has a lot of calls to unicode() which are not allowed in Python 3.x. I looked at the docs of Python2 and found no hint how to upgrade: I don’t want to switch to Python3 now, but maybe in the future.