In Python 2.x
D:\Python27>python >>> chr(65) 'A' >>> ord('A') 65 >>> unichr(20013) u'\u4e2d' >>> ord(u'\u4e2d') 20013 >>> ord('中') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: ord() expected a character, but string of length 2 found >>> chr(20013) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: chr() arg not in range(256)
In Python 3.x
D:\CODE\PYTHON\OPEN_JUDGE>python Python 3.2.5 (default, May 15 2013, 23:06:03) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> chr(65) 'A' >>> ord('A') 65 >>> chr(20013) '中' >>> ord('中') 20013 >>> ord('\u4e2d') 20013