Real Python
  • Start Here
  • Learn Python
    Python Tutorials →
    In-depth articles and video courses     Learning Paths →
    Guided study plans for accelerated learning     Quizzes & Exercises →
    Check your learning progress     Browse Topics →
    Focus on a specific area or skill level     Community Chat →
    Learn with other Pythonistas     Office Hours →
    Live Q&A calls with Python experts     Podcast →
    Hear what’s new in the world of Python     Books →
    Round out your knowledge and learn offline     Reference →
    Concise definitions for common Python terms     Code Mentor →Beta
    Personalized code assistance & learning tools     Unlock All Content →
  • More
    Learner Stories Python Newsletter Python Job Board Meet the Team Become a Tutorial Writer Become a Video Instructor
  • Search
/
  • Join
  • Sign‑In

— FREE Email Series —

🐍 Python Tricks 💌

Python Tricks Dictionary Merge

🔒 No spam. Unsubscribe any time.

Browse Topics Guided Learning Paths
Basics Intermediate Advanced
ai algorithms api best-practices career community databases data-science data-structures data-viz devops django docker editors flask front-end gamedev gui machine-learning news numpy projects python stdlib testing tools web-dev web-scraping

Table of Contents

  • What’s a Character Encoding?
    • The string Module
    • A Bit of a Refresher
    • We Need More Bits!
  • Covering All the Bases: Other Number Systems
  • Enter Unicode
    • Unicode vs UTF-8
    • Encoding and Decoding in Python 3
    • Python 3: All-In on Unicode
    • One Byte, Two Bytes, Three Bytes, Four
    • What About UTF-16 and UTF-32?
  • Python’s Built-In Functions
  • Python String Literals: Ways to Skin a Cat
  • Other Encodings Available in Python
  • You Know What They Say About Assumptions…
  • Odds and Ends: unicodedata
  • Wrapping Up
  • Resources

Recommended Video Course
Unicode in Python: Working With Character Encodings