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As it is summer now, I decided to learn a new language and Python was my choice. Really, what I would like to learn is how to manipulate Arabic text using Python. Now, I have found many many resources on using Python, which are really great. However, when I apply what I learned on Arabic strings, I get numbers and letters combined together.

Take for example this for English:

>>> ebook = 'The American English Dictionary'

>>> ebook[2]

'e'

Now, for Arabic:

>>> abook = 'القاموس العربي'

>>> abook[2]

'\xde' #the correct output should be 'ق'

However, using print works fine, as in:

>>> print abook[2]

ق

What do I need to modify to get Python to always recognize Arabic letters?

解决方案

Use Unicode explicitly:

>>> s = u'القاموس العربي'

>>> s

u'\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0645\u0648\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a'

>>> print s

القاموس العربي

>>> print s[2]

ق

Or even character by character:

>>> for i, c in enumerate(s):

... print i,c

...

0 ا

1 ل

2 ق

3 ا

4 م

5 و

6 س

7

8 ا

9 ل

10 ع

11 ر

12 ب

13 ي

14

I recommend the Python Unicode page which is short, practical and useful.