Top "Unicode" questions

How do you echo a 4-digit Unicode character in Bash?

I'd like to add the Unicode skull and crossbones to my shell prompt (specifically the 'SKULL AND CROSSBONES' (U+2620)), but …

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UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32

What are the differences between UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32? I understand that they will all store Unicode, and that each …

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How to check if a string in Python is in ASCII?

I want to I check whether a string is in ASCII or not. I am aware of ord(), however when …

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Character reading from file in Python

In a text file, there is a string "I don't like this". However, when I read it into a string, …

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NameError: global name 'unicode' is not defined - in Python 3

I am trying to use a Python package called bidi. In a module in this package (algorithm.py) there are …

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Replace non-ASCII characters with a single space

I need to replace all non-ASCII (\x00-\x7F) characters with a space. I'm surprised that this is not …

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Representing Directory & File Structure in Markdown Syntax

I want to describe directory & file structures in some of my Jekyll blog posts, does Markdown provide a neat …

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JSON character encoding - is UTF-8 well-supported by browsers or should I use numeric escape sequences?

I am writing a webservice that uses json to represent its resources, and I am a bit stuck thinking about …

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Unicode character in PHP string

This question looks embarrassingly simple, but I haven't been able to find an answer. What is the PHP equivalent to …

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How to make unicode string with python3

I used this : u = unicode(text, 'utf-8') But getting error with Python 3 (or... maybe I just forgot to include …

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