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ascii

strings

Returns repr() of the object but replaces every non-ASCII character with a \xNN, \uNNNN or \UNNNNNNNN escape sequence.

Syntax

ascii(object)

What you get back is a repr, quotes included — fine for display, useless for comparing or counting characters. Reach for it when the output must be pure ASCII (a log file, a console that mangles Unicode) or when you need to spot invisible characters and look-alike letters; the !a conversion inside an f-string does exactly the same thing.

Examples

print(ascii('hello'))  # → 'hello'
print(ascii('привет'))  # → '\u043f\u0440...' (экранировано)
print(ascii([1,'a']))  # → [1, 'a']
print(ascii('café'))  # → 'caf\xe9'
print(ascii(None))  # → None

See also

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