How to replace unicode characters in string with something else python?

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  1. Decode the string to Unicode. Assuming it’s UTF-8-encoded:

    str.decode("utf-8")

  2. Call the replace method and be sure to pass it a Unicode string as its first argument:

    str.decode("utf-8").replace(u"\u2022", "*")

  3. Encode back to UTF-8, if needed:

    str.decode("utf-8").replace(u"\u2022", "*").encode("utf-8")

(Fortunately, Python 3 puts a stop to this mess. Step 3 should really only be performed just prior to I/O. Also, mind you that calling a string str shadows the built-in type str.)

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