The ucnhash Module

(Implementation, 2.0 only) The ucnhash module is an implementation module, which provides a name to character code mapping for Unicode string literals. If this module is present, you can use N{} escapes to map Unicode character names to codes, as shown in Example 8-4.

Example 8-4. Using the ucnhash Module

File: ucnhash-example-1.py # Python imports this module automatically, when it sees # the first N{} escape # import ucnhash print repr(u"N{FROWN}") print repr(u"N{SMILE}") print repr(u"N{SKULL AND CROSSBONES}") u'u2322' u'u2323' u'u2620'