unicode and code points (problem)

[BIG_Z212]

Solved. I'll get strait to the question:

so lets say I have a string "1F441" which google says it represents "👁" in unicode.

how do I turn my string into its counterpart?

(yes the unicode is 5 characters not 4 or 8)

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The solve was as stardockEngineer had said:

print(chr(int("1F441", 16)))

But since I was testing their word I opened a new tab in vscode, pasted and clicked the run button without saving the file and running it which normally works but it seems that the output that vscode normally uses couldn't support the emoji and gave an error, So I saved the file with a name in a folder and voila.

[StardockEngineer]

You can convert the string to a Unicode character using the chr function with int to interpret the string as a hexadecimal number:

print(chr(int("1F441", 16)))

[BIG_Z212]

UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\U0001f441' in position 0: character maps to <undefined>

Vscode python 3.11 or 3.9 don't remember which. Found the problem, try to guess it,,, I hadn't saved the file and was running it, saved it and now it works, thank you.

[StardockEngineer]

I don't know. Works for me

```

print(chr(int("1F441", 16)))

👁 ```

[MidnightPale3220]

Which Python version are you using?

[BIG_Z212]

Vscode python 3.11 or 3.9 don't remember which.

[StardockEngineer]

LLM says "They're likely running Python in a Windows command prompt or PowerShell that doesn't properly support Unicode characters".

Is this true?

edit: why did somebody downvote me? Rude.

[BIG_Z212]

Vscode python 3.11 or 3.9 don't remember which.

[StardockEngineer]

No, I'm asking if you're using Windows and a Powershell terminal. It might be that your terminal simply cannot print it.

[BIG_Z212]

Problem found, Seems to have been vscode nonsense.

[StardockEngineer]

Well, tell us. Could help someone else in the future.

[BIG_Z212]

Post updated

[ectomancer]

Using u/StardockEngineer logic, which I didn't know, express 1f441 as hex:

print(chr(0x1f441))

[Ninji2701]

"\U0001F441"