Print the "approval" sign/check mark (✓) U+2713 in Python

Question

How can I print the check mark sign "✓" in Python?

It's the sign for approval, not a square root.

Answer 1

You can print any Unicode character using an escape sequence. Make sure to make a Unicode string.

print u'\u2713' 

Answer 2

Since Python 2.1 you can use \N{name} escape sequence to insert Unicode characters by their names. Using this feature you can get check mark symbol like so:

$ python -c "print(u'\N{check mark}')" ✓ 

Note: For this feature to work you must use unicode string literal. u prefix is used for this reason. In Python 3 the prefix is not mandatory since string literals are unicode by default.