Python - Descriptor 'split' requires a 'str' object but received a 'unicode'

Question

Erm, I have ready-to-use code, and I\'m sure it really works, but I get the following error:

TypeError: descriptor \'split\' requires a \'str\' object but

Answer 1

Neither method worked when using isdigit. If you are in a similar solution, you could try a try-except block similar to

try:
    output += filter(str.isdigit, some_string)
except TypeError:
    output += filter(unicode.isdigit, some_string)