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From: "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com>
To: danielk <danielkleinad@gmail.com>, "python-list@python.org" <python-list@python.org>
Subject: RE: Printing characters outside of the ASCII range
Thread-Topic: Printing characters outside of the ASCII range
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Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 21:34:01 +0000
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danielk wrote:=0D=0A> =0D=0A> The database I'm using stores information as =
a 3-dimensional array=2E The delimiters between elements are=0D=0A> chr(252=
), chr(253) and chr(254)=2E So a record can look like this (example only us=
es one of the delimiters for=0D=0A> simplicity):=0D=0A> =0D=0A> name + chr(=
254) + address + chr(254) + city + chr(254) + st + chr(254) + zip=0D=0A> =
=0D=0A> The other delimiters can be embedded within each field=2E For examp=
le, if there were multiple addresses for 'name'=0D=0A> then the 'address' f=
ield would look like this:=0D=0A> =0D=0A> addr1 + chr(253) + addr2 + chr(25=
3) + addr3 + etc =2E=2E=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> I use Python to connect to the da=
tabase using subprocess=2EPopen to run a server process=2E Python requests=
=0D=0A> 'actions' like 'read' and 'write' to the server process, whereby th=
e server process performs the actions=2E Some=0D=0A> actions require that t=
he server send back information in the form of records that contain those d=
elimiters=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> I have __str__ and __repr__ methods in the clas=
ses but Python is choking on those characters=2E Surely, I could=0D=0A> con=
vert those characters on the server before sending them to Python and that =
is what I'm probably going to do,=0D=0A> so guess I've answered my own ques=
tion=2E On Python 2, it just printed the 'extended' ASCII representation=2E=
=0D=0A> =0D=0A> I guess the question I have is: How do you tell Python to u=
se a specific encoding for 'print' statements when I=0D=0A> know there will=
 be characters outside of the ASCII range of 0-127?=0D=0A=0D=0AYou just nee=
d to change the string to one that is not =0D=0Atrying to use the ASCII cod=
ec when printing=2E =0D=0A=0D=0Aprint(chr(253)=2Edecode('latin1')) # change=
 latin1 to your =0D=0A                                 # chosen encoding=2E=
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