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Saving utf-8 texts with json.dumps as UTF8, not as \u escape sequence

Sample code: >>> import json >>> json_string = json.dumps("ברי צקלה") >>> print(json_string) "\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e6\u05e7\u05dc\u05d4" The problem: it’s not human readable. My (smart) users ...

April 27, 2022
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How does Zalgo text work?

I’ve seen weirdly formatted text called Zalgo like below written on various forums. It’s kind of annoying to look at, but it really ...

April 26, 2022
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How do I see what character set a MySQL database / table / column is?

What is the (default) charset for: MySQL database MySQL table MySQL column 15 s 15 Here’s how I’d do it – For Schemas ...

April 24, 2022
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What exactly do “u” and “r” string flags do, and what are raw string literals?

While asking this question, I realized I didn’t know much about raw strings. For somebody claiming to be a Django trainer, this sucks. ...

April 22, 2022
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UnicodeDecodeError: ‘charmap’ codec can’t decode byte X in position Y: character maps to

I’m trying to get a Python 3 program to do some manipulations with a text file filled with information. However, when trying to ...

April 20, 2022
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std::wstring VS std::string

I am not able to understand the differences between std::string and std::wstring. I know wstring supports wide characters such as Unicode characters. I ...

April 19, 2022
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What’s the difference between UTF-8 and UTF-8 without BOM?

What’s different between UTF-8 and UTF-8 without a BOM? Which is better? 2Best Answer 21 The UTF-8 BOM is a sequence of bytes ...

April 17, 2022
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What does the ‘b’ character do in front of a string literal?

Apparently, the following is the valid syntax: b'The string' I would like to know: What does this b character in front of the ...

April 14, 2022
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What’s the difference between utf8_general_ci and utf8_unicode_ci?

Between utf8_general_ci and utf8_unicode_ci, are there any differences in terms of performance? 8

April 14, 2022
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What characters can be used for up/down triangle (arrow without stem) for display in HTML?

I’m looking for a HTML or ASCII character which is a triangle pointing up or down so that I can use it as ...

April 13, 2022
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