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Fix Python 2.x. try: UNICODE_EXISTS = bool(type(unicode)) except ... Moment Caf\\u00E8 in St.Augustine\\u2764\\uFE0F\\u2764\\uFE0F ' import codecs new_str ... Home Public Questions Tags Users Companies Collectives ExploreCollectives Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Collectives™onStackOverflow Findcentralized,trustedcontentandcollaboratearoundthetechnologiesyouusemost. LearnmoreaboutCollectives Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. LearnmoreaboutTeams Howtomakeunicodestringwithpython3 AskQuestion Asked 11years,2monthsago Modified 7monthsago Viewed 250ktimes 120 Iusedthis: u=unicode(text,'utf-8') ButgettingerrorwithPython3(or...maybeIjustforgottoincludesomething): NameError:globalname'unicode'isnotdefined Thankyou. pythonunicodepython-3.x Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJul25,2011at6:46 buruzaemon 3,79111goldbadge2121silverbadges4444bronzebadges askedJul25,2011at5:16 cndcnd 31.4k6161goldbadges176176silverbadges305305bronzebadges 2 18 Ifthere'sanawesomereasontoupgradetopython3itisunicodebydefault. – JBernardo Jul25,2011at5:49 text.encode('unicode_escape')wouldbeenoughIguess – Ritwik Sep5,2021at16:10 Addacomment  |  6Answers 6 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Trending(recentvotescountmore) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 161 LiteralstringsareunicodebydefaultinPython3. Assumingthattextisabytesobject,justusetext.decode('utf-8') unicodeofPython2isequivalenttostrinPython3,soyoucanalsowrite: str(text,'utf-8') ifyouprefer. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedMar7,2019at10:20 IanS 15.2k99goldbadges5757silverbadges8181bronzebadges answeredJul25,2011at5:21 JohnLaRooyJohnLaRooy 286k5151goldbadges359359silverbadges499499bronzebadges 4 70 TypeError:decodingstrisnotsupported – Gank Apr18,2016at13:49 13 @Gank,InPython3astrisunicode,ie.itis"decoded"soitmakesnosensetocalldecodeonit – JohnLaRooy Apr19,2016at9:43 1 SameTypeError.Pleasejustreplacewithstr(txt),orthecodefrom@magicrebirthbelow – Simon Oct28,2017at18:37 5 Theoriginalsampleisnotclear.Soinpython3,ifyouwanttodostr(text,'utf-8'),textmustbeastringbinary.e.g.str(b'thisisabinary','utf-8') – killua8p Aug22,2018at4:13 Addacomment  |  12 What'snewinPython3.0says: AlltextisUnicode;howeverencodedUnicodeisrepresentedasbinary data Ifyouwanttoensureyouareoutputtingutf-8,here'sanexamplefromthispageonunicodein3.0: b'\x80abc'.decode("utf-8","strict") Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul25,2011at5:25 TremmorsTremmors 2,8881616silverbadges1313bronzebadges 1 1 thisisexactlywhatweneedfor'\x80abc'.decode("utf-8","strict")inPython2,thanks – http8086 Jan2,2017at3:31 Addacomment  |  9 Asaworkaround,I'vebeenusingthis: #FixPython2.x. try: UNICODE_EXISTS=bool(type(unicode)) exceptNameError: unicode=lambdas:str(s) Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul6,2016at16:06 magicrebirthmagicrebirth 3,85622goldbadges2323silverbadges2222bronzebadges 3 12 Whyareyouusingalambdafunction?Thesemethodsarecalledthesamewayinanycase.Thisisasimplervariation:try:unicode=str;except:pass. – nicbou Oct25,2017at10:02 1 Itseemslikeyoucanjustdounicode=strsinceitwon'tfailineither2or3 – Nickolai May25,2018at22:23 1 OrfromsiximportuasunicodewhichI'dprefersimplybecauseit'smoreself-documenting(sincesixisa2/3compatibilitylayer)thanunicode=str – Nickolai May25,2018at22:25 Addacomment  |  5 ThishowIsolvedmyproblemtoconvertcharslike\uFE0F,\u000A,etc.Andalsoemojisthatencodedwith16bytes. example='rawveganchocolatecocoapiewchocolate&vanillacream\\uD83D\\uDE0D\\uD83D\\uDE0D\\u2764\\uFE0FPresentMomentCaf\\u00E8inSt.Augustine\\u2764\\uFE0F\\u2764\\uFE0F' importcodecs new_str=codecs.unicode_escape_decode(example)[0] print(new_str) >>>'rawveganchocolatecocoapiewchocolate&vanillacream\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d❤️PresentMomentCafèinSt.Augustine❤️❤️' new_new_str=new_str.encode('utf-16',errors='surrogatepass').decode('utf-16') print(new_new_str) >>>'rawveganchocolatecocoapiewchocolate&vanillacream😍😍❤️PresentMomentCafèinSt.Augustine❤️❤️' Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedFeb17at16:48 OskarAustegard 4,54144goldbadges3535silverbadges5050bronzebadges answeredAug26,2019at15:22 IlyasIlyas 1,7181414silverbadges99bronzebadges 1 Formoreon'surrogatepass'seedocs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#error-handlers – OskarAustegard Feb17at16:48 Addacomment  |  0 theeasiestwayinpython3.x text="hi,I'mtext" text.encode('utf-8') Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul15,2019at6:08 mosi_khamosi_kha 46055silverbadges77bronzebadges Addacomment  |  -1 InaPython2programthatIusedformanyyearstherewasthisline: ocd[i].namn=unicode(a[:b],'utf-8') ThisdidnotworkinPython3. However,theprogramturnedouttoworkwith: ocd[i].namn=a[:b] Idon'trememberwhyIputunicodethereinthefirstplace,butIthinkitwasbecausethenamecancontainsSwedishlettersåäöÅÄÖ.Buteventheyworkwithout"unicode". Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedMay10,2019at10:02 cezar 11.2k66goldbadges4343silverbadges8181bronzebadges answeredMar28,2019at12:15 PerPerssonPerPersson 15511goldbadge11silverbadge66bronzebadges Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoStackOverflow!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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