encode() python code example

Example 1: .encode python

string = 'pythön!'

print('The string is:', string)

string_utf = string.encode("utf-8")

print('The encoded version is:', string_utf)

# Output:
The string is: pythön!
The encoded version is: b'pyth\xc3\xb6n!'

# From: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/methods/string/encode

Example 2: python unicode point to utf8 string

#! /usr/bin/python3
import re

def makeNice(s):
    return re.subn('(#U[0-9a-f]{4})', lambda cp: chr(int(cp.groups()[0][2:],16)), s) [0]

a = '-#U2605-#U79c1-'
print(a, makeNice(a))