How do I reverse Unicode decomposition using Python?

Question

Using Python 2.5, I have some text in stored in a unicode object: Dinis e Isabel, uma difı´cil relac¸a˜o conjugal e polı´tica This appears to be decomposed Unicode. Is there a generic way in Python to reverse the decomposition, so I end up with: Dinis e Isabel, uma difícil relação conjugal e política

Accepted Answer

I think you are looking for this:

```
>>> import unicodedata    
>>> print unicodedata.normalize("NFC",u"c\u0327")
ç
```

How do I reverse Unicode decomposition using Python?

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