How do I display unicode value stored in a string variable using ord()

[Terry Reedy]

a = '…'
print(ord(a))
 >>>
8230
Most things with unicode are easier in 3.x, and some are even better in 
3.3. The current beta is good enough for most informal work. 3.3.0 will 
be out in a month.

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Terry Jan Reedy