Python ascii()

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

The syntax of ascii() is:

ascii(object)

ascii() Parameters

The ascii() method takes an object (like: strings, list etc).

Return Value from ascii()

It returns a string containing printable representation of an object.

For example, ö is changed to \xf6n, √ is changed to \u221a

The non-ASCII characters in the string is escaped using \x, \u or \U.

Example 1: How ascii() method works?

normalText = 'Python is interesting'
print(ascii(normalText))

otherText = 'Pythön is interesting'
print(ascii(otherText))

print('Pyth\xf6n is interesting')

When you run the program, the output will be:

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

More Examples

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

When you run the program, the output will be:

['Python', 'Pyth\xf6n', 5]