Python: How to print a 'block' using ASCII #219 in Mac

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andio picture andio · May 17, 2012 · Viewed 14.6k times · Source

I use python on Mac OS X, and I want to use an extended ASCII symbol #219 like in this table :

https://theasciicode.com.ar/extended-ascii-code/block-graphic-character-ascii-code-219.html

The problem, I found out that 'block' character doesn't exist in Mac ASCII... I'm not sure.

Can anyone help me? I was trying to print using unichr(219), but it was giving me different result. It will output Û. What i want is █

Answer

mata picture mata · May 17, 2012

the corresponding unicode character is 0x2588, so use that:

print unichr(0x2588)        # or:
print u"\u2588"

should give you the right result. if you want it in a different encoding, you can always encode it.

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