Decoding unicode string within a tuple

Question

I have the following set of simple examples of code, none of which are doing what I want:

import json

a = "u'Kolo Tour\xe9'"
print a

b = (a.decode('cp1252'), 1)
print b

c = (a, 1)
print c

d = ','.join((b.decode('cp1252')))
print d

The final example is throwing up an error about a tuple having no method for decoding. What I want my final item to look like is:

Kolo Touré,1

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and what the correct syntax I need to fix my issue is please?

Thanks

EDIT:

A segment of the actual source data I am attempting to parse in my full scale code prints like this to the screen in both command shell and python IDLE:

(u'Jos\xe9 Enrique', 14230, 29, 3, u'DL', 184, 76, True, False)

Why are you starting with a unicode literal represented in a string? — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Commented Mar 3, 2015 at 17:56
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams Because this is an example of how an item is represented within a tuple in a much larger piece of code I have. The issues begin when I try and decode the unicode item whilst it is part of a tuple. If I decode it before hand, putting it into a tuple seems to undo the decoding and doing it within the tuple throws up an error. — gdogg371
– gdogg371, Commented Mar 3, 2015 at 18:00
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams I have posted a short segment of the real data I am working on as taking from the screen. I cant post my actual code as there is a lot of it. — gdogg371
– gdogg371, Commented Mar 3, 2015 at 18:05

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-03 18:21:56Z

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Printing a tuple displays the representation of the contents, so it is extremely unlikely that you have a unicode literal in a string.

newdata = (olddata[0], 1)

EDIT:

Based on your latest output:

u'{},1'.format(olddata[0])

but I'm wondering if you don't want to use csv instead for output generation.

edited Mar 3, 2015 at 18:21

answered Mar 3, 2015 at 18:09

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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gdogg371 Over a year ago

do you understand my issue though? I need to join the items of the tuple together using a ','.join() statement, but this is causing me an error because the item within the tuple needs decoding.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Over a year ago

So... your end result needs to be a string?

gdogg371 Over a year ago

yes, and when I attempt the conversion I get an error that the item in question within the tuple could not be decoded,

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Over a year ago

Yeah... you're going to have to backtrack and figure out what you actually need. Your requirements are making no sense.

gdogg371 Over a year ago

I have edited the post to show what I want my final output to look like. please review.

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