Thanks Tim Golden, That'll do the trick! Thought there must have been something simple for it!
Cheers, Wesley Brooks 2008/7/28 Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Wesley Brooks wrote: >> >> I'm trying to create a unicode character from two bytes. Unfortunatly >> I'm getting a "UnicodeDecodeError". Can some one please suggest an >> alternative way of doing what's bellow? In the example bellow the two >> bytes have been converted into a string hex value, but they could just >> as easily be an integer or binary value if either is easier to deal >> with. >> >> Python 2.4.3 - Enthought Edition 1.0.0 (#69, Aug 2 2006, 12:09:59) [MSC >> v.1310 >> 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>>> >>>>> a = u"\u%s%s" %('0d', 'fe') >> >> UnicodeDecodeError: 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position >> 0-2: tr >> uncated \uXXXX escape > > Nice try :) > > Unfortunately, if you think about what's happening here, the > "string interpreter" bit of Python is getting to that > unicode-escape before the "%-processing" bit of Python. > So Python's trying --and failing-- to interpret \u%s%s as some sort of > bizarre unicode escape. > > Can you not just use the unichr function? > > TJG > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor