Python ascii() Function

The python ascii() function returns a string containing a printable representation of an object and escapes the non-ASCII characters in the string using \x, \u or \U escapes.

Signature

Parameters

object: It takes an object like strings, list etc.

Return

It returns a readable version of an object and replaces none-ascii characters with the escape character.

Python ascii() Function Example 1

Let's see how ascii() works for lists?

normalText = 'Python is interesting'
print(ascii(normalText))

otherText = 'Pyth�n is interesting'
print(ascii(otherText))

print('Pyth\xf6n is interesting')

Output:

'Python is interesting'
'Pyth\xf6n is interesting'
Pyth�n is interesting

Explanation: In the above example, variables such as normalText, and otherText contain the string values, and returns ascii value of a particular variable.

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