import unicodedata

def unicode_test(value):
    name = unicodedata.name(value)
    value2 = unicodedata.lookup(name)
    print('value = "%s", name = "%s", value2 = "%s"' % (value, name, value2))

def unicode_test2():
    u_umlaut = '\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS}'
    drink = 'Gew' + u_umlaut + 'rztraminer'
    print(drink)

def encode_test():
    snowman = '\u2603'
    ds = snowman.encode('utf-8')
    print(ds)

def decode_test():
    place = 'caf\u00e9'
    place_bytes = place.encode('utf-8')
    print(place_bytes)
    print(place_bytes.decode('utf-8'))
    # print(place.decode())


# encode_test()
decode_test()

# unicode_test('A')
# unicode_test('$')
# unicode_test('\u00a2')
# unicode_test('\u20ac')
# unicode_test('\u2603')

# unicode_test2()