topic Is ArcGIS 10.0 compatible with Python Unicode strings? in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/is-arcgis-10-0-compatible-with-python-unicode/m-p/91064#M2391 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am developing an ArcMap automation script using Python 2.6.5 and ArcObjects.&nbsp; In the script I use a call to re.split() (regular expression module, split a string) and get back the usual list of substrings.&nbsp; Each substring, however, is a unicode string, for example u'N5'.&nbsp; When I pass this string into an ArcObjects function or assign its value to something, ArcGIS throws an error.&nbsp; Cannot ArcGIS handle unicode strings--even though I'm using the Python version that came with ArcGIS--or does it handle them just fine and I should be looking for another problem elsewhere?&nbsp; If it's a Python thing, then I would like to hear any suggestions you all might have, but I </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">will</SPAN><SPAN> also be asking about the Python part elsewhere in a more appropriate forum.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:02:57 GMT TiCrossman 2011-01-25T13:02:57Z Is ArcGIS 10.0 compatible with Python Unicode strings? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/is-arcgis-10-0-compatible-with-python-unicode/m-p/91064#M2391 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am developing an ArcMap automation script using Python 2.6.5 and ArcObjects.&nbsp; In the script I use a call to re.split() (regular expression module, split a string) and get back the usual list of substrings.&nbsp; Each substring, however, is a unicode string, for example u'N5'.&nbsp; When I pass this string into an ArcObjects function or assign its value to something, ArcGIS throws an error.&nbsp; Cannot ArcGIS handle unicode strings--even though I'm using the Python version that came with ArcGIS--or does it handle them just fine and I should be looking for another problem elsewhere?&nbsp; If it's a Python thing, then I would like to hear any suggestions you all might have, but I </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">will</SPAN><SPAN> also be asking about the Python part elsewhere in a more appropriate forum.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:02:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/is-arcgis-10-0-compatible-with-python-unicode/m-p/91064#M2391 TiCrossman 2011-01-25T13:02:57Z