python - Removing unicode u2026 like characters in a string in python2.7

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Answer 1

Python 2.x

>>> s
'This is some \u03c0 text that has to be cleaned\u2026! it\u0027s annoying!'
>>> print(s.decode('unicode_escape').encode('ascii','ignore'))
This is some  text that has to be cleaned! it's annoying!

Python 3.x

>>> s = 'This is some u03c0 text that has to be cleanedu2026! itu0027s annoying!'
>>> s.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
b"This is some  text that has to be cleaned! it's annoying!"