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Function Details: ascii

Description

Returns a string containing a printable representation of an object, escaping non-ASCII characters.

Extended Description

The ascii() function returns a string representation of an object, similar to repr(), but escapes the non-ASCII characters in the string with \x, \u or \U escapes. This can be useful when you need a printable representation of an object that contains only ASCII characters.

Read More about ascii from Python Documentation

Function Signature

ascii(object: Any) -> str

Module: builtins

Parameters

This function takes one parameter: object (any Python object). The function will return a string representation of this object.

Parameter List

object: Any

Return

Returns a string containing a printable representation of the object, with non-ASCII characters escaped.

Return Type

str

Output

Explanation

This example shows how ascii() handles both ASCII and non-ASCII strings, including Unicode characters.