How can I convert Unicode to uppercase to print it?

Question

I have this:

>>> print \'example\'
example
>>> print \'exámple\'
exámple
>>> print \'exámple\'.upper()
EXáMPLE

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Answer 1

I think there's a bit of background we're missing here:

>>> type('hello')


>>> type(u'hello')

As long as you're using "unicode" strings instead of "native" strings, the operators like upper() will operate with unicode in mind. FWIW, Python 3 uses unicode by default, making the distinction largely irrelevant.

Taking a string from unicode to str and then back to unicode is suboptimal in many ways, and many libraries will produce unicode output if you want it; so try to use only unicode objects for strings internally whenever you can.