Python3 - replacing non ascii characters to their unicode representative value?

Question

lets say i have a string,
"Hello–World"

how would I convert it to something like this
"Hello\u2013World"
where "\u2013" is the unicode representative of "–"

user_15239951 · Answer

Use str.encode with unicode_escape:

>>> print(s.encode('unicode_escape'))
b'Hello\u2013World'

If you want a string (and to a byte string like above):

>>> print(s.encode('unicode_escape').decode())
Hello\u2013World