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    Specific Built-in Types > Unicode Strings

    Unicode Strings

    Technically, all text is Unicode text, including the simple 8-bit ASCII encoding scheme. Python supports Unicode (wide) character strings, which represent each character with 16 or more bits, not 8. This support differs in Python lines. Python 3.0 treats all text as Unicode and represents binary data separately, while Python 2.X distinguishes 8-bit text (and data) from wider Unicode text. Specifically:

    • In Python 2.6, the str type represents both 8-bit text and binary data, and a separate unicode type handles wide-character Unicode text. A u'ccc' literal form supports coding binary data, and a codecs module supports reading and writing files containing Unicode text.


      

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