# python2
print(chr(174))
?# python3
print(chr(174))
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I'm looking for the equivalent of chr() from python2. I believe this is due to python 3 returning unicode characters rather than ASCII.

Actually, in Py3 chr is equivalent of unichr in Py2. You can use bytes or bytearray.

For example:

>>> print(bytes([174]))
b'\xae'

or

>>> print(bytearray([174]))
bytearray(b'\xae')

b'\xae' equals to ?