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In both Python 2 and 3, unambiguously define a sentinel Unicode string (&Ж中𐍆).
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# encoding: utf8 | |
""" | |
Unambiguously define, from hex data, a sentinel Unicode string (&Ж中𐍆). | |
The string contains 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-byte Unicode characters. | |
Useful for finding encoding errors in editors and transfer systems! | |
""" | |
import sys | |
py2 = True if sys.version_info.major == 2 else False | |
codes = "26 d096 e4b8ad f0908d86" | |
bytes_ = [codes[i:i+2] for i in range(0, len(codes), 2)] | |
bytes_ = [int(byte, 16) for byte in bytes_ if byte.strip()] | |
if py2: | |
bytes_ = [chr(char) for char in bytes_] | |
unistr = unicode(''.join(bytes_), 'utf8', 'strict') | |
unistr = unistr.encode('utf8') | |
print unistr | |
else: | |
unistr = bytes(bytes_).decode('utf8') | |
print(type(unistr), unistr) |
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