How to change back to ascii code

Question

I have converted ascii code as printable text

>>> ascii_string = 'some text \xbb \u4500'
>>> printable_text = ascii(ascii_string)
>>> printable_text[1:-1]# remove extra quotes
'some text \\xbb \\u4500'
>>> '\xbb' in 'some text \\xbb \\u4500' 
False

Now i want to change back as original text ('some text \xbb \u4500') because i'm checking '\xbb' in ('some text \xbb \u4500') it return false value

@JohnColeman: oh darn, I opened Python 2 by mistake and I couldn't find it. — Matteo Italia, Aug 04 '18 at 12:50
Hmm... Now that I'm rereading this might not be quite a duplicate, given the extra quotes to be eliminated. `ast.literal_eval` would handle that though. — ShadowRanger, Aug 04 '18 at 13:12
@ShadowRanger It is either unclear or a duplicate. Either way, closing it seems warranted. — John Coleman, Aug 04 '18 at 13:24
@ShadowRanger thanks to respond, yes i removed extra quotes, after i checking '\xbb' in ('some text \\xbb \\u4500') it return false value, i need to check '\xbb' is present that text ('some text \\xbb \\u4500') — user8316197, Aug 04 '18 at 13:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '18 at 12:51

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Simply declare the string as raw (with r in front of it) and it will print all its characters as is:

>>> s = r'some text \xbb'
>>> print s
'some text \xbb'

answered Aug 04 '18 at 12:51

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Im reading data from xls , how should i add it r in front of it string ? – user8316197 Aug 04 '18 at 13:46
Im checking '\xbb' in (r'some text \xbb'), it gives false value – user8316197 Aug 04 '18 at 13:55

How to change back to ascii code

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