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Jan 15, 2018 · Fundamentals

Mastering Character Encoding in Python: From ASCII to UTF‑8

This article explains the fundamental concepts of characters, character sets, and encodings, compares common encodings such as ASCII, Unicode, and UTF‑8, and shows how Python 2 and Python 3 handle default encodings, string types, and common Unicode errors with practical code examples.