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On 1/12/14 2:50 AM, wxjmfauth@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> sys.version
> 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
>>>> s = 'Straße'
>>>> assert len(s) == 6
>>>> assert s[5] == 'e'
>>>>
>
> jmf
>

Dumping random snippets of Python sessions here is useless.  If you are 
trying to make a point, you have to put some English around it.  You 
know what is in your head, but we do not.

-- 
Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com