How do i get the codes for characters in a string?

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As an example, how would I get the code for § in python. § is be represented as '\u00a7', but I would like it to give me the code 00a7, so I can use it in the creation of code files. Also I would like this to work if I just put the letter 'a'

It's `print u"\u00a7"` in Python 2 and `print("\u00a7")` in Python 3. The u standing for Unicode. — Carson, Jul 14 '17 at 20:51
the answer to that question doesn twork the later works and makes me feel dumb — sourrabbit, Jul 14 '17 at 20:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '17 at 21:01

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You can encode and decode stings with

>>> '§'.encode()
b'\xc2\xa7'
>>> b'\xc2\xa7'.decode()
'§'

That is one way of accessing byte codes.

answered Jul 14 '17 at 21:01

Max

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '17 at 21:01

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Something along the lines of this?

c = '\\u' + hex(ord(u'§'))[2:].rjust(4, '0')
print(c)  # Prints \u00a7

answered Jul 14 '17 at 21:01

jmd_dk

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Thanks, but it doesn't exactly work since it has a limit of how it can go – sourrabbit Jul 14 '17 at 21:16

How do i get the codes for characters in a string?

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