How to find out number/name of unicode character in Python?

Question

In Python:

>>>\"\\N{BLACK SPADE SUIT}\"
>>>\'♠\'
>>>\"\\u2660\"
>>>\'♠\'

Now, let\'s say I have a chara

Answer 1

You may find the unicodedata module handy:

>>> s = "\N{BLACK SPADE SUIT}"
>>> s
'♠'
>>> import unicodedata
>>> unicodedata.name(s)
'BLACK SPADE SUIT'
>>> ord(s)
9824
>>> hex(ord(s))
'0x2660'