unicode in python code example

Example 1: unicode() python 3

# https://docs.python.org/3/howto/unicode.html
# Be sure to add U+ before the code
# 0061 - LATIN SMALL LETTER A
# 0062 - LATIN SMALL LETTER B
# 0063 - LATIN SMALL LETTER B

# 007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET

# 2167 ROMAN NUMERAL EIGHT
# 2168 ROMAN NUMERAL NINE

#265E BLACK CHESS KNIGHT
#265F BLACK CHESS PAWN

# THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES

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))