Re: 'Straße' ('Strasse') and Python 2

[Thomas Rachel]

Am 12.01.2014 08:50 schrieb wxjmfa...@gmail.com:
sys.version
2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
s = 'Straße'
assert len(s) == 6
assert s[5] == 'e'

Wow. You just found one of the major differences between Python 2 and 3.

Your assertins are just wrong, as s = 'Straße' leads - provided you use 
UTF8 - to a representation of 'Stra\xc3\x9fe', obviously leading to a 
length of 7.


Thomas
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