python-unicode

http://docs.python.org/howto/unicode.html#the-unicode-type str = unicode(str, errors=”replace”) or str = unicode(str, errors=”ignore”) Note: This will strip out (ignore) the characters in question returning the string without them. For me this is ideal case since I’m using it as protection against non-ASCII input which is not allowed by my application. Alternatively: Use the open method from the codecs … Read more