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i have 1 question assigning 1 dictionary value dictionary value in python, value contains chinese characters

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-  import string = {} a['1'] = '大' # chinese character b = {} b['1'] = a['1'] print a['1'] print print b 

and printout

大 {'1': '\xe5\xa4\xa7'} {'1': '\xe5\xa4\xa7'} 

why there difference between a , a['1']? how make print a {'1': '大'}?

why there difference between , a['1']?

the first (a) character wrapped in dictionary. when print dictionary, python print raw bytes of character (\xe5\xa4\xa7) it's utf-8 encoding. when print string directly using print a[1], python decode these 3 bytes respective character.

how make a['1'] , b['1'] 大?

they same. do

print a['1'] print b['1'] 

add following class dump dictionary expect. note this code assumes strings in utf-8 format.

class myprettyprinter(pprint.prettyprinter):     def format(self, object, context, maxlevels, level):         if isinstance(object, str):             return (object.decode('utf8'), true, false)         return pprint.prettyprinter.format(self, object, context, maxlevels, level)  myprettyprinter().pprint(a)  # {1: 大}