python - replace() function not replacing backslash ()

Question

Non of following code is working ...

str = 'U0009d014'
print(str)

output:  ??

print(str.replace('\',''))

output:  ??

print(str.split('\'))
output:  ['U0009d014']

I want to get string output but it's giving that unknown symbol.

Answer 1

If you want to get the raw string output:

s = 'U0009d014'
print(repr(s))

gives

'U0009d014'

s is a unicode character (U used for numbers in the highest range like chr(1114111), you have u for numbers in smaller ranges like chr(57344) and then ASCII in even smaller ranges like chr(65) that gives you the character 'A') in Python that's why printing it directly gives you an unknown character.

Also, don't use str as a variable. It's a built-in <class 'str'> in Python, you would overshadow this built-in with your variable that can cause issues in your code.