Python .replace() function wont work with accented characters

Lawless Leopard 0
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Im using python's .replace() function to find and replace to words "à Lyon"but it doesnt seem to work with accented characters. I don want to replace "a Lyon" (wothout accent) only the occurences that have the "à" accented.

ex.

old_str = "nous allons à Lyon et malheureusement il a Lyon"
new_str = old_str.replace("à Lyon", "found it")

This should return: "nous allons found it et malheureusement il a Lyon"

Any sugestions would be very much appreciated thanks.

replace python-3.x python
1 Answers

Try making the string you want to replace a unicode string by adding a u in front of the quotes.

it works for me either way, I am on python 3.10.6

old_str = "nous allons à Lyon et malheureusement il a Lyon"
new_str = old_str.replace(u"à Lyon", "found it") #now a unicode string
print(new_str)
Clayton E0
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