ord() and chr() function in Python

ord() and chr() function in Python 

chr() function

The chr() function returns the string representing a character whose Unicode codepoint is the integer.

Note that on narrow Unicode builds, the result is a string of length two for i greater than 65,535 (0xFFFF in hexadecimal).

Syntax:

chr(i)

Parameter:

Name	Description	Required/ Optional
i	A character whose Unicode codepoint is the integer i. he valid range for the argument is from 0 through 1,114,111 (0x10FFFF in base 16). Value Error will be raised if i is outside that range.	Required

Return value:

Return the string representing a character whose Unicode codepoint is the integer i.

Example: Python chr() function

print(chr(65))

print(chr(97))

print(chr(124))

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Output:

A

a

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Example: Integer passed to chr() is out of the range

print(chr(-5))

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Output:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/tmp/sessions/0feab4034af997d8/main.py", line 1, in

    print(chr(-5))

ValueError: chr() arg not in range(0x110000)

ord() Function

Definition and Usage

The ord() function returns the number representing the unicode code of a specified character.

Syntax

ord(character)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
character	String, any character

Example

Return the integer that represents the character "h":

x = ord("h")

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