How can convert '\\u5de5' into '\u5de5'?

Question

They are different:

len('\\u5de5')
6
len('\u5de5')
1

How can write a function to convert \\u5de5 into \u5de5?

def con_str(arg):
    some_code_here
    return result

con_str('\\u5de5')
\u5de5

Answer 1

Use .encode('raw_unicode_escape').decode('unicode_escape') for doubled Reverse Solidi, see Python Specific Encodings:

def con_str(arg):
    result = arg.encode('raw_unicode_escape').decode('unicode_escape')
    return result

con_str('\\u5de5')

'工'