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Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord()

From Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord()
Date 2012-08-19 19:24 -0400
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <roy-EAC738.19243019082012@news.panix.com> (permalink)
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In article <mailman.3531.1345416176.4697.python-list@python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> Really, the only viable alternative to PEP 393 is a fixed 32-bit
> representation - it's the only way that's guaranteed to provide
> equivalent semantics. The new storage format is guaranteed to take no
> more memory than that, and provide equivalent functionality.

In the primordial days of computing, using 8 bits to store a character 
was a profligate waste of memory.  What on earth did people need with 
TWO cases of the alphabet (not to mention all sorts of weird 
punctuation)?  Eventually, memory became cheap enough that the 
convenience of using one character per byte (not to mention 8-bit bytes) 
outweighed the costs.  And crazy things like sixbit and rad-50 got swept 
into the dustbin of history.

So it may be with utf-8 someday.

Clearly, the world has moved to a 32-bit character set.  Not all parts 
of the world know that yet, or are willing to admit it, but that doesn't 
negate the fact that it's true.  Equally clearly, the concept of one 
character per byte is a big win.  The obvious conclusion is that 
eventually, when memory gets cheap enough, we'll all be doing utf-32 and 
all this transcoding nonsense will look as antiquated as rad-50 does 
today.

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How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Charles Jensen <hopefullycharles@gmail.com> - 2012-08-16 15:09 -0700
  Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-17 08:20 +1000
  Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-16 18:47 -0400
  Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-16 19:59 -0400
    Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-17 10:49 -0700
      Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2012-08-17 14:21 -0400
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-17 11:45 -0700
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-17 11:45 -0700
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-17 16:55 -0400
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-17 23:30 -0400
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-18 04:10 +0000
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-18 09:18 -0600
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-18 03:59 +0000
    Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-17 10:49 -0700
  Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-08-17 06:30 +0000
  Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-18 01:09 -0700
    Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-18 12:27 +0000
      Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-18 08:07 -0700
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-18 16:25 +0100
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 01:36 +1000
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-18 09:51 -0600
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-18 09:38 -0700
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 02:57 +1000
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-18 18:28 +0100
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-18 11:05 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-18 19:34 +0100
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 06:35 +0000
                New internal string format in 3.3, was Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-08-19 09:43 +0200
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3, was Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 08:56 +0000
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3, was Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 02:24 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-08-19 11:37 +0200
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 03:19 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 13:33 +0000
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 03:19 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 20:26 +1000
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 05:14 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-19 08:29 -0400
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 05:59 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-19 14:46 +0100
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 07:09 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 07:09 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-19 15:48 +0100
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 09:19 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 09:19 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-19 13:48 -0400
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 10:51 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-19 19:09 +0100
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 07:50 +1000
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 23:38 -0600
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-20 09:17 -0400
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 22:18 -0600
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-21 07:48 -0400
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 10:51 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-19 13:56 -0400
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 05:59 -0700
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-19 08:35 -0400
                Re: New internal string format in 3.3 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 05:14 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 06:30 +0000
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-18 11:05 -0700
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-18 16:09 -0400
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-18 23:12 -0400
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-18 09:38 -0700
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 06:33 +0000
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 11:50 -0600
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-19 11:20 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 12:31 -0600
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-19 12:23 -0700
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 20:16 +0000
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 12:46 -0600
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-18 17:59 +0000
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-18 11:30 -0700
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-18 20:45 +0100
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 06:13 +0000
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-08-18 11:40 -0700
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-18 20:50 +0100
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-18 13:22 -0700
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-18 22:37 +0100
      Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-18 11:26 -0700
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-18 19:59 +0100
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 07:17 +0000
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 10:46 +1000
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-18 19:11 -0700
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 12:19 +1000
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-18 19:35 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 13:01 +1000
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-18 20:10 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 13:31 +1000
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-18 22:58 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 08:01 +0000
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-19 01:11 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 18:24 +1000
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-19 01:44 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 01:54 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-19 11:46 +0100
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-19 12:31 -0400
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 10:51 +0000
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@iinet.net.au> - 2012-08-21 17:03 +1000
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 06:09 +0000
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-19 01:04 -0700
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 13:25 +0000
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() DJC <djc@news.invalid> - 2012-08-19 17:32 +0200
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-19 13:34 -0400
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-19 10:48 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 11:11 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-19 19:50 +0100
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-19 17:59 -0400
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 23:13 -0700
                Abuse of Big Oh notation [was Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord()] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 20:15 +0000
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-19 16:42 -0700
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 09:24 +0100
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-20 09:01 -0700
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 02:09 +1000
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 11:12 -0600
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-20 12:29 -0700
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-20 15:16 -0700
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-20 15:20 -0700
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-21 09:53 +0000
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-20 11:42 -0700
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2012-08-20 18:19 -0700
                Abuse of subject, was Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-08-21 09:52 +0200
                Re: Abuse of subject, was Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-21 10:16 -0700
                Re: Abuse of subject, was Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-21 10:16 -0700
                Re: Abuse of Big Oh notation wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-20 11:42 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-08-22 20:53 +0200
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 08:42 +1000
              Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-19 19:24 -0400
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-20 04:21 +0000
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-20 00:44 -0400
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-20 05:56 +0000
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-19 23:24 -0700
                Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-20 12:58 -0400
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-19 20:35 -0400
            Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 14:07 +1000
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        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-08-19 10:33 -0700
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() "Blind Anagram" <noname@nowhere.com> - 2012-08-19 19:04 +0100
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-19 14:05 -0400
          Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable usingord() "Blind Anagram" <noname@nowhere.com> - 2012-08-19 19:18 +0100
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-19 20:31 +0000
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-19 17:03 -0400
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-19 17:32 -0700
        Re: How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord() Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2012-08-20 17:20 -0400

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