python3: How to convert a string with Unicode encoding to a string of letters

Question

In Python3, how do I convert '\\\© PNG' to '\© PNG' (or '© PNG' )?

For Java, there is Apache Commons Lang to decode it.

I don't know how to do in Python3.

Answer 1

This should work for you.

string = '\\u00A9 PNG'
print (string.encode('utf8').decode('unicode-escape'))

output:

© PNG