Problem with format string and unicode

[Hans Martin]

Hi,

this is probably a trivial problem, but a google search for "python"
and "unicode" and" format string" gives too many hits: If I specify
e.g. "%20s" in a format string and the string value contains UTF-8
stuff (differing number of bytes per character), the length of the
resulting string (in characters) varies. How can I fix this?

Many thanks in advance!

 

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

this is probably a trivial problem, but a google search for "python"
and "unicode" and" format string" gives too many hits: If I specify
e.g. "%20s" in a format string and the string value contains UTF-8
stuff (differing number of bytes per character), the length of the
resulting string (in characters) varies. How can I fix this?

Use unicode strings instead.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch