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python - remove annoying unicode characters
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python_ignore_unicode_in_string.py
s = 'This is some \\u03c0 text that has to be cleaned\\u2026! it\\u0027s annoying!'
print(s.decode('unicode_escape').encode('ascii','ignore')) # This is some text that has to be cleaned! it's annoying!
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Thanks to Burhan Khalid

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