Convert an int value to unicode

Question

I am using pyserial and need to send some values less than 255. If I send the int itself the the ascii value of the int gets sent. So now I am converting the int into a unic

Answer 1

In Python 2 - Turn it into a string first, then into unicode.

str(integer).decode("utf-8")

Best way I think. Works with any integer, plus still works if you put a string in as the input.

Updated edit due to a comment: For Python 2 and 3 - This works on both but a bit messy:

str(integer).encode("utf-8").decode("utf-8")