how to convert string like '\u5927' to unicode string u'\u5927'

[Ganesan Rajagopal]

>>>>> "Fredrik" == Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

> Ganesan Rajagopal wrote:
>>> unicodeStrFromNetwork = '\u5927'
>>> unicodeStrNative = _unicodeRe(unisub, unicodeStrFromNetwork)
>> 
>> How about unicodeStrNative = eval("u'%s'" % (unicodeStrFromNetwork,))

> unicodeStrFromNetwork = "' + str(__import__('os').system('really bad idea')) + '"

Thanks for the warning. I should really know better! *blush* 

Ganesan

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