Zachary Ware added the comment: You appear to be reading the Python 3 documentation and using Python 2:
$ python3 Python 3.4.3 (v3.4.3:9b73f1c3e601, Feb 23 2015, 02:52:03) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> chr(1234) 'Ӓ' >>> ^D $ python2 Python 2.7.10 (v2.7.10:15c95b7d81dc, May 23 2015, 09:33:12) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> chr(1234) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: chr() arg not in range(256) ---------- nosy: +zach.ware resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed type: compile error -> behavior _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue25104> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com