Question

if you’re looping though the chars a unicode string in python (2.x), say:

ak.sɛp.tɑ̃

How can you tell whether the current char is a combining diacritic mark?

For instance, the last char in the above string is actually a combining mark:

ak.sɛp.tɑ̃ –> ̃

Answer 1

Use the unicodedata module:

import unicodedata if unicodedata.combining(u'a'):     print 'is combining character' else:     print 'is not combining' 

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