String to unicode - duplicating by function the effect of u prefix

[CiTro]

I'm looking for a way to convert a string to it's unicode "brother".

This means:

stringOne = "\u0026"
stringTwo = u"\u0026"

print unicode(stringOne) == stringTwo

The result is false. What function should I use, to duplicate the
effect of the "u" prefix ?

 

[Peter Otten]

I'm looking for a way to convert a string to it's unicode "brother".

This means:

stringOne = "\u0026"
stringTwo = u"\u0026"

print unicode(stringOne) == stringTwo

The result is false. What function should I use, to duplicate the
effect of the "u" prefix ?

"\u..." has a special meaning only in unicode, not string literals:
True

Peter

 

[CiTro]

Thank you, Peter. That solved my problem.

 

[Vincent]

Thank you, Peter. That solved my problem.

the another way is,

codecs.raw_unicode_escape_decode(stringOne) == stringTwo