lowercase u before string in "python for windows"

[davidj411]

why does this occur when using the python windows extensions? all
string are prefixed by a lowercase "u".
is there a newsgroup explicitly for python windows extensions?

example of output below.

SMBIOSBIOSVersion:u'A16'
SMBIOSMajorVersion:2
SMBIOSMinorVersion:3
SMBIOSPresent:True
SoftwareElementID:u'Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A16'
SoftwareElementState:3
Status:u'OK'
TargetOperatingSystem:0


here is a snippet of the code:

if objItem.Status != None:
print "Status:" + ` objItem.Status`
if objItem.TargetOperatingSystem != None:
print "TargetOperatingSystem:" + `
objItem.TargetOperatingSystem`
if objItem.Version != None:
print "Version:" + ` objItem.Version`

 

[Tim Chase]

why does this occur when using the python windows extensions? all

string are prefixed by a lowercase "u".

They are Unicode strings:

http://docs.python.org/ref/strings.html

is there a newsgroup explicitly for python windows extensions?

Not that I know of, other than what's described here:

https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=78018

-tkc

 

[Simon Brunning]

why does this occur when using the python windows extensions?

There's nothing Windows specific about this - it just means that you
have unicode strings. See
<http://effbot.org/zone/unicode-objects.htm>,

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[Mike Driscoll]

Not that I know of, other than what's described here:

https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=78018

-tkc

There is a PyWin32 user's group:

http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32

The maintainer of the project is a regular contributor to the list as
are a number of other very knowledgeable Windows guys.

Mike