unicode for beginners

[WallyDD]

I have something of a csv file which has somehow been converted into
something that looks like this;
" FOZ DE IGUAZ\u00da" and " R\u00cdO DE JANEIRO"

Is there a simple way to convert this into something a little bit
readable?

Is there a simple command in python to convert this?

Thank you.

 

[Peter Otten]

I have something of a csv file which has somehow been converted into
something that looks like this;
" FOZ DE IGUAZ\u00da" and " R\u00cdO DE JANEIRO"

Is there a simple way to convert this into something a little bit
readable?

Is there a simple command in python to convert this?

RÃO DE JANEIRO

Peter

 

[WallyDD]

RÍO DE JANEIRO

Peter

Works like a charm, exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you very much.

 

[Vlastimil Brom]

I have something of a csv file which has somehow been converted into
something that looks like this;
" FOZ DE IGUAZ\u00da" and " R\u00cdO DE JANEIRO"
Is there a simple way to convert this into something a little bit
readable?
Is there a simple command in python to convert this?

Thank you.

Hi,
try decoding your output (assuming all non-ascii characters are
escaped this way completely)

hth
vbr

 

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Wally> I have something of a csv file which has somehow been converted
Wally> into something that looks like this...

Wally> Is there a simple way to convert this into something a little bit
Wally> readable?

Look at the unicode_csv_reader function in the csv module doc's examples:

http://docs.python.org/library/csv.html#examples