On Aug 31, 11:04 pm, Asterix <aste... at lagaule.org> wrote: > how could I test that those 2 strings are the same: > > 'séd' (repr is 's\\xc3\\xa9d') No, the repr is 's\xc3\xa9d'. > > u'séd' (repr is u's\\xe9d') No, the repr is u's\xe9d'. To answer your question: