NameError: global name ‘unicode’ is not defined – in Python 3

Python 3 renamed the unicode type to str, the old str type has been replaced by bytes.

if isinstance(unicode_or_str, str):
    text = unicode_or_str
    decoded = False
else:
    text = unicode_or_str.decode(encoding)
    decoded = True

You may want to read the Python 3 porting HOWTO for more such details. There is also Lennart Regebro’s Porting to Python 3: An in-depth guide, free online.

Last but not least, you could just try to use the 2to3 tool to see how that translates the code for you.

Related Posts:

  1. How to correct TypeError: Unicode-objects must be encoded before hashing?
  2. “Unicode Error “unicodeescape” codec can’t decode bytes… Cannot open text files in Python 3
  3. Using unicode character u201c
  4. Getting a name error when trying to input a string [duplicate]
  5. Use Gif Logo For Loading Screen In Kivy
  6. How can I make a time delay in Python? [duplicate]
  7. Python – TypeError: ‘int’ object is not iterable
  8. What is the difference between rw+ and r+
  9. Python – TypeError: ‘int’ object is not iterable
  10. Python: ‘ModuleNotFoundError’ when trying to import module from imported package
  11. What does the list() function do in Python?
  12. Invalid character in identifier
  13. Is there a ‘foreach’ function in Python 3?
  14. Convert bytes to a string
  15. How to print like printf in Python3?
  16. Python Error: AttributeError: __enter__ [duplicate]
  17. filedialog, tkinter and opening files
  18. Error in Python script “Expected 2D array, got 1D array instead:”?
  19. Name ‘xrange’ is not defined in Python 3 [duplicate]
  20. How do you use subprocess.check_output() in Python?
  21. Error: ” ‘dict’ object has no attribute ‘iteritems’ “
  22. (Help) TypeError: ‘str’ object cannot be interpreted as an integer
  23. How do order of operations go on Python?
  24. Why KeyError: 0
  25. How to upgrade pip3?
  26. Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required (Unable to find vcvarsall.bat)
  27. TypeError: cannot convert the series to
  28. builtins.TypeError: must be str, not bytes
  29. Pinging servers in Python
  30. Import error: No module name urllib2
  31. takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given
  32. ‘End of statement expected’ in pycharm
  33. Python 3 ImportError: No module named ‘ConfigParser’
  34. re.search().TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
  35. Change figure size and figure format in matplotlib
  36. Add Legend to Seaborn point plot
  37. How can I concatenate str and int objects?
  38. What does the ‘b’ character do in front of a string literal?
  39. error: Failed to load the native TensorFlow runtime
  40. ImportError: No module named ‘encodings’
  41. (unicode error) ‘unicodeescape’ codec can’t decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
  42. TypeError(“‘bool’ object is not iterable”,) when trying to return a Boolean
  43. Get ZeroDivisionError: float division in python
  44. PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied
  45. How to delete last item in list?
  46. Don’t understand this SyntaxError: illegal target for annotation
  47. Using Queue in python
  48. Converting int to bytes in Python 3
  49. How to get the current working directory using python 3?
  50. min() arg is an empty sequence
  51. SyntaxError invalid token
  52. How do I format a string using a dictionary in python-3.x?
  53. For loop and ‘numpy.float64’ object is not iterable error
  54. TypeError: cannot unpack non-iterable NoneType object
  55. Python – ‘ascii’ codec can’t decode byte
  56. python mpl_toolkits installation issue
  57. Shebang doesn’t work with python3
  58. Python sockets error TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not ‘str’ with send function
  59. UnicodeEncodeError: ‘ascii’ codec can’t encode character u’\xa0′ in position 20: ordinal not in range(128)
  60. Pipenv: Command Not Found
  61. TypeError: ‘dict_keys’ object does not support indexing
  62. How to strip all whitespace from string
  63. Python Binomial Coefficient
  64. Pip – Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using ‘”‘
  65. pythonw.exe or python.exe?
  66. How to convert ‘binary string’ to normal string in Python3?
  67. Properly formatted multiplication table
  68. python3 TypeError: ‘function’ object is not iterable
  69. How can I convert a .py to .exe for Python?
  70. Directing print output to a .txt file
  71. How to start from second index for for-loop
  72. How to compare individual characters in two strings in Python 3
  73. ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘seaborn’ in Python IDE
  74. Is there a ceiling equivalent of // operator in Python?
  75. ImportError: No module named ‘django.core.urlresolvers’
  76. TypeError: ‘set’ object does not support indexing
  77. Python 3: Multiply a vector by a matrix without NumPy
  78. How to fix “Can’t find a default Python” error
  79. TypeError: ‘newline’ is an invalid keyword argument for this function
  80. Root mean square of a function in python
  81. Print empty line?
  82. Checking to see if a string is an integer or float
  83. pip throws TypeError: parse() got an unexpected keyword argument ‘transport_encoding’ when trying to install new packages
  84. How to know/change current directory in Python shell?
  85. What is a unicode string?
  86. How to embed image or picture in jupyter notebook, either from a local machine or from a web resource?
  87. NameError: name ‘python’ is not defined
  88. What is an easy way to implement fprintf in python?
  89. Convert Unicode to ASCII without errors in Python
  90. How to use cmp() in Python 3?
  91. UnicodeDecodeError, invalid continuation byte
  92. Generator expression must be parenthesized if not sole argument
  93. Does python have header files like C/C++?
  94. Error: No module named ‘fcntl’
  95. Python can’t find file
  96. TypeError: got multiple values for argument
  97. IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe when piping: `prog.py | othercmd`
  98. Accessing dict_keys element by index in Python3
  99. Python webbrowser.open() to open Chrome browser
  100. How to write unicode strings into a file?

Leave a Comment