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    Copyright
    Preface
    Ch. 1. Text
    Introduction
    Recipe 1.1. Processing a String One Character at a Time
    Recipe 1.2. Converting Between Characters and Numeric Codes
    Recipe 1.3. Testing Whether an Object Is String-like
    Recipe 1.4. Aligning Strings
    Recipe 1.5. Trimming Space from the Ends of a String
    Recipe 1.6. Combining Strings
    Recipe 1.7. Reversing a String by Words or Characters
    Recipe 1.8. Checking Whether a String Contains a Set of Characters
    Recipe 1.9. Simplifying Usage of Strings' translate Method
    Recipe 1.10. Filtering a String for a Set of Characters
    Recipe 1.11. Checking Whether a String Is Text or Binary
    Recipe 1.12. Controlling Case
    Recipe 1.13. Accessing Substrings
    Recipe 1.14. Changing the Indentation of a Multiline String
    Recipe 1.15. Expanding and Compressing Tabs
    Recipe 1.16. Interpolating Variables in a String
    Recipe 1.17. Interpolating Variables in a Stringin Python 2.4
    Recipe 1.18. Replacing Multiple Patterns in a Single Pass
    Recipe 1.19. Checking a String for Any of Multiple Endings
    Recipe 1.20. Handling International Text with Unicode
    Recipe 1.21. Converting Between Unicode and Plain Strings
    Recipe 1.22. Printing Unicode Charactersto Standard Output
    Recipe 1.23. Encoding Unicode Data for XML and HTML
    Recipe 1.24. Making Some Strings Case-Insensitive
    Recipe 1.25. Converting HTML Documents to Texton a Unix Terminal
    Ch. 2. Files
    Ch. 3. Time and Money
    Ch. 4. Python Shortcuts
    Ch. 5. Searching and Sorting
    Ch. 6. Object-Oriented Programming
    Ch. 7. Persistence and Databases
    Ch. 8. Debugging and Testing
    Ch. 9. Processes, Threads, and Synchronization
    Ch. 10. System Administration
    Ch. 11. User Interfaces
    Ch. 12. Processing XML
    Ch. 13. Network Programming
    Ch. 14. Web Programming
    Ch. 15. Distributed Programming
    Ch. 16. Programs About Programs
    Ch. 17. Extending and Embedding
    Ch. 18. Algorithms
    Ch. 19. Iterators and Generators
    Ch. 20. Descriptors, Decorators,and Metaclasses
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    Chapter 1. Text > Handling International Text with Unicode

    Recipe 1.20. Handling International Text with Unicode

    Credit: Holger Krekel

    1.21.1. Problem

    You need to deal with text strings that include non-ASCII characters.


      

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