Python print unicode list

Question

With the following code

lst = [u'\u5de5', u'\u5de5']
msg = repr(lst).decode('unicode-escape')
print msg

I got

[u'工', u'工']

How can I remove the leading u so that the content of msg is:

['工', '工']

@LucianU Trying to remove the leading convert the unicode code point to characters but removing the leading u. — gongzhitaao
– gongzhitaao, Commented Mar 30, 2014 at 15:44
@gongzhitaao, I was asking for the higher purpose of your code. If you just want to print the characters, it's enough to do for c in lst: print c.encode('utf-8') — elbear
– elbear, Commented Mar 30, 2014 at 15:47
@LucianU Of course not :P. I have no problem printing out them while removing the leading u. I just need the unicode characters in a tring without u. :) — gongzhitaao
– gongzhitaao, Commented Mar 30, 2014 at 15:49

falsetru · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-30 15:44:28Z

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>>> import sys
>>> lst = [u'\u5de5', u'\u5de5']
>>> msg = repr([x.encode(sys.stdout.encoding) for x in lst]).decode('string-escape')
>>> print msg
['工', '工']

answered Mar 30, 2014 at 15:44

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gongzhitaao Over a year ago

I've got a one more question related to this. Pleas see my updated post.

falsetru Over a year ago

@gongzhitaao, Where is the one more question?

falsetru Over a year ago

@gongzhitaao, more_msg = ... just works. What is the problem?

gongzhitaao Over a year ago

No, it doesn't, 'ascii' codec can't decode byte is the error message.

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