[Python-checkins] cpython: Clarify ord() and chr() documentation
nick.coghlan
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Aug 17 06:11:47 CEST 2014
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f0fb8ff9a82c
changeset: 92123:f0fb8ff9a82c
user: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date: Sun Aug 17 14:07:53 2014 +1000
summary:
Clarify ord() and chr() documentation
files:
Doc/library/functions.rst | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -156,11 +156,13 @@
.. function:: chr(i)
- Return the string representing a character whose Unicode codepoint is the integer
- *i*. For example, ``chr(97)`` returns the string ``'a'``. This is the
- inverse of :func:`ord`. The valid range for the argument is from 0 through
- 1,114,111 (0x10FFFF in base 16). :exc:`ValueError` will be raised if *i* is
- outside that range.
+ Return the string representing a character whose Unicode codepoint is the
+ integer *i*. For example, ``chr(97)`` returns the string ``'a'``, while
+ ``chr(12491)`` returns the string ``'ニ'``. This is the inverse of
+ :func:`ord`.
+
+ The valid range for the argument is from 0 through 1,114,111 (0x10FFFF in
+ base 16). :exc:`ValueError` will be raised if *i* is outside that range.
.. function:: classmethod(function)
@@ -1056,13 +1058,12 @@
The ``'U'`` mode.
-.. XXX works for bytes too, but should it?
.. function:: ord(c)
Given a string representing one Unicode character, return an integer
- representing the Unicode code
- point of that character. For example, ``ord('a')`` returns the integer ``97``
- and ``ord('\u2020')`` returns ``8224``. This is the inverse of :func:`chr`.
+ representing the Unicode code point of that character. For example,
+ ``ord('a')`` returns the integer ``97`` and ``ord('ニ')`` returns
+ ``12491``. This is the inverse of :func:`chr`.
.. function:: pow(x, y[, z])
--
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
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