Python ascii()

The ascii function takes an object as input and returns the object in printable format. The function finds any non-ascii characters in the object and replaces the character with corresponding escape characters.

ascii(object) #where object can be a string, list, tuple etc 
 

ascii() Parameters:

ascii() function has one and only one mandatory parameter. It takes as parameter an object such as string, tuple, list dictionary etc.

ascii() Return Value

If a non-ascii character is present in the object it will be converted to printable format.

Examples of ascii() method in Python

obj = "I löve lèarning Pythön" print(obj)
print(ascii(obj))
 

Output:

I löve lèarning Pythön
'I l\xf6ve l\xe8arning Pyth\xf6n'

obj = "I love learning Python" print(obj)
print(ascii(obj))

Output:

I love learning Python
'I love learning Python'

tup_obj = ('L3arn', 'Lèarn', 3) print(ascii(tup_obj))

Output:

('L3arn', 'L\xe8arn', 3)