Python unicode conversion

Question

I have the following unicode: s = u'\\u5b50'. I want to convert s to m = u'\u5b50'. How do I do it?

s = u'\\u5b50'
m = u'\u5b50'
print len(s) # 6
print len(m) # 1
print s # \u5b50
print m # 子

Then just decode as JSON. Can you show us more data and how you decode that? — Martijn Pieters, Jan 08 '17 at 12:48
You'll need to provide more context, as it stands now this is a [X-Y problem](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem). It appears to me you are not decoding JSON correctly **or** you have double-encoded JSON. Without more context I can't help you. — Martijn Pieters, Jan 08 '17 at 12:51
@snakecharmerb: that would apply if this wasn't a JSON problem. That solution won't be correct if this is JSON as that uses UTF-16 surrogate pairs. The syntax is closely related, not the same. — Martijn Pieters, Jan 08 '17 at 12:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '17 at 12:58

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This works:

print s.decode('unicode-escape') # 子
print len(s.decode('unicode-escape')) # 1

answered Jan 08 '17 at 12:58

Transcendental

Yes, until you hit a UTF-16 surrogate pair, like `'\uD83D\uDC33'`. It then depends on wether or not you are using a wide UCS4 build of Python; you *may* get `u'\ud83d\udc33'` or `u'\U0001f433'`. The first is incorrect. – Martijn Pieters Jan 08 '17 at 13:05

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