How to get ° character in a string in python?
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How can I get a ° (degree) character into a string?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
This is the most coder-friendly version of specifying a Unicode character:
degree_sign = u'\N{DEGREE SIGN}'
Escape Sequence: \N{name}
Meaning: Character named name in the Unicode database
Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-and-bytes-literals
Note:
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"N" must be uppercase in the
\Nconstruct to avoid confusion with the\nnewline character -
The character name inside the curly braces can be any case
It's easier to remember the name of a character than its Unicode index. It's also more readable, ergo debugging-friendly. The character substitution happens at compile time, i.e. the .py[co] file will contain a constant for u'°':
>>> import dis
>>> c= compile('u"\N{DEGREE SIGN}"', '', 'eval')
>>> dis.dis(c)
1 0 LOAD_CONST 0 (u'\xb0')
3 RETURN_VALUE
>>> c.co_consts
(u'\xb0',)
>>> c= compile('u"\N{DEGREE SIGN}-\N{EMPTY SET}"', '', 'eval')
>>> c.co_consts
(u'\xb0-\u2205',)
>>> print c.co_consts[0]
°-∅
Solution 2 - Python
>>> u"\u00b0"
u'\xb0'
>>> print _
°
BTW, all I did was search "unicode degree" on Google. This brings up two results: "Degree sign U+00B0" and "Degree Celsius U+2103", which are actually different:
>>> u"\u2103"
u'\u2103'
>>> print _
℃
Solution 3 - Python
Put this line at the top of your source
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
If your editor uses a different encoding, substitute for utf-8
Then you can include utf-8 characters directly in the source
Solution 4 - Python
You can also use chr(176) to print the degree sign.
Here is an example using python 3.6.5 interactive shell:
Solution 5 - Python
Above answers assume that UTF8 encoding can safely be used - this one is specifically targetted for Windows.
The Windows console normaly uses CP850 encoding and not utf-8, so if you try to use a source file utf8-encoded, you get those 2 (incorrect) characters ┬░ instead of a degree °.
Demonstration (using python 2.7 in a windows console):
deg = u'\xb0` # utf code for degree
print deg.encode('utf8')
effectively outputs ┬░.
Fix: just force the correct encoding (or better use unicode):
local_encoding = 'cp850' # adapt for other encodings
deg = u'\xb0'.encode(local_encoding)
print deg
or if you use a source file that explicitely defines an encoding:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
local_encoding = 'cp850' # adapt for other encodings
print " The current temperature in the country/city you've entered is " + temp_in_county_or_city + "°C.".decode('utf8').encode(local_encoding)
Solution 6 - Python
just use \xb0 (in a string); python will convert it automatically
Solution 7 - Python
Using python f-string, f"{var}", you can use:
theta = 45
print(f"Theta {theta}\N{DEGREE SIGN}.")
Output: Theta 45°.
*improving tzot answer