Python chr() Function

The Python chr() function returns a string representing a character with specified unicode.

Syntax

chr(number)

Parameters

Example:

In the below example, the chr() function returns character with given unicode.

print(chr(65))

print(chr(97))

print(chr(49))

print(chr(64))

The output of the above code will be:

A

a

1

@

Example:

The chr() method can be used with iterables containing unicodes of the characters as elements.

MyList = [80, 121, 116, 104, 111, 110]

for i in MyList:
  print(chr(i), end=" ")

The output of the above code will be:

P y t h o n

Example: Out of range unicode

The chr() method raises exception when the specified unicode is out of range.

print(chr(150))

The output of the above code will be:

UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\x80' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)