Python: convert unicode character to corresponding Unicode string

Question

How do I convert a unicode character 'ב' to its corresponding Unicode character string '\u05d1' in Python?

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Answer 1

You can do something like,

>>> x
'ב'
>>> x.encode('ascii', 'backslashreplace').decode('utf-8')
'\\u05d1'

From the docs:

The errors parameter is the same as the parameter of the decode() method but supports a few more possible handlers. As well as 'strict', 'ignore', and 'replace' (which in this case inserts a question mark instead of the unencodable character), there is also 'xmlcharrefreplace' (inserts an XML character reference), backslashreplace (inserts a \uNNNN escape sequence) and namereplace (inserts a \N{...} escape sequence).

Answer 2

Something like this works

>>> hex(ord('ב'))
'0x5d1'