Learn how to efficiently handle Unicode and byte strings in Python for error-free software development and data processing.

Learn to manage Unicode and byte strings in Python effectively for seamless data handling and avoid common pitfalls in text encoding and decoding.

A Unicode string is just like a regular Python string, except it uses characters, rather than bytes. Indeed, Python 2's Unicode strings are just like Python 3's default strings.

For example, the emoji🌍 has a Unicode code point of 127757, and its UTF-8 encoding involves multiple bytes (240 in this case). This project is a basic demonstration of working with Unicode and UTF-8 ...

Do keep in mind, however, that since Python 3, Unicode and 8-bit strings have been replaced with text and binary data. Additionally, Python 3 no longer allows u’…’ literals for Unicode text, as all ...

TypeError: unicode strings are not supported, please encode to bytes: 'ATZ\r' #94 Closed filozof71 opened on Apr 26, 2018 ...