Python unicode character codes?

Question

Is there a way to "insert" a Unicode character into a string in Python 3? For example,

>>>import unicode
>>>string = 'This is a full block: %s' % (unicode.charcode(U+2588))
>>>print(string)
This is a full block: █

• user395760: Your example uses a code point, but you say "character". You should be aware that what most people mean when they say character can correspond to several code points.

Answer 1

Yes, with unicode character escapes:

print u'This is a full block: \u2588'

• Sven Marnach: ... or with unichr(), if you want to create a character from a dynamic code point (doesn't seem to be the case here; I added it for completeness).
• Eryk Sun: If you prefer something more readable, you can use u'This is a full block: \N{FULL BLOCK}'.
• buhtz: Where can I find a list of that names like FULL BLOCK?
• denis: @buhtz, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Elements lists blocks; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_symbols -> decodeunicode.org/de/u+2580 . HTH
• Toothpick Anemone: Is the number you put after the \u decimal, hexadecimal, octal, or what exactly?

Answer 2

You can use \udddd where you replace dddd with the the charcode.

print u"Foo\u0020bar"

Prints

Foo bar

Answer 3

You can use \u to escape a Unicode character code:

s = u'\u0020'

which defines a string containing the space character.