Python ascii() usage and examples

Python built-in functions

The ascii() method returns a string containing the printable representation of the object. It uses \x, \u, or \U escape characters to escape non-ASCII characters in the string.

The syntax of ascii() is:

ascii(object)

ascii() parameters

The ascii() method takes an object (such as:string,listetc.).

ascii() return value

It returns a string containing the printable representation of the object.

For example, ö can be changed to \xf6n, √ can be changed to \u221a

Non-ASCII characters in strings are escaped using \x, \u, or \U.

Example1How does the ascii() method work?

normalText = 'Python is interesting'
print(ascii(normalText))
otherText = 'Pythön is interesting'
print(ascii(otherText))
print('Pyth\xf6n is interesting')

When running the program, the output is:

'Python is interesting'
'Pyth\xf6n is interesting'
Pythön is interesting

More examples

randomList = ['Python', 'Pythön',　5]
print(ascii(randomList))

When running the program, the output is:

['Python', 'Pyth\xf6n',　5]

Python built-in functions