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python: extended ASCII codes

Hi I want to know how I can append and then print extended ASCII codes in python. I have the following.

code = chr(247)

li = []
li.append(code)
print li

The result python print out is ['\xf7'] when it should be a division symbol. If I simple print code directly "print code" then I get the division symbol but not if I append it to a list. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Solution

  • When you print a list, it outputs the default representation of all its elements - ie by calling repr() on each of them. The repr() of a string is its escaped code, by design. If you want to output all the elements of the list properly you should convert it to a string, eg via ', '.join(li).

    Note that as those in the comments have stated, there isn't really any such thing as "extended ASCII", there are just various different encodings.