medkit.text.utils.decoding

Functions

get_ascii_from_unicode(→ str)

Return the (closest) ascii text when possible.

Module Contents

medkit.text.utils.decoding.get_ascii_from_unicode(text: str, keep_length: bool = True, logger=None) → str

Return the (closest) ascii text when possible.

Parameters:

text:

The unicode text to decode to ascii

keep_length

If True, special characters which change the length are kept in returned string

logger

Logger to pass if one wants to keep caller information

Returns:

str

The closest ascii text