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Python 3, ASCII, and UTF-8

The dreaded UnicodeDecodeError exception is one of the signature "features" of Python 3. It is raised when the language encounters a byte sequence that it cannot ...
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ASCII and Extended ASCII Character Sets (Worksheet) (with simple python practical)

The worksheet contains definitions, a practical showing pupils how to obtain special characters via the keyboard and a python coding task to output and display ASCII / Extended ASCII characters. There ...
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ASCII and Unicode for GCSE and A Level Computer Science

This slideshow provides thorough coverage of the ASCII and Unicode Character Sets needed for GCSE and A Level Computer Science. There are practice activities, an ASCII conversion table and Python code ...
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Python 3, ASCII, and UTF-8

As far as I'm concerned, it is silly to claim that Python's Unicode strings are “strictly not better” than byte sequences when it is possible, in Python 3, to open a text file using the built-in open( ...