char ac ter map the print(function allows you to easily make any character you can type on the keyboard appear on the screen howeverthere are many other characters you may like to displaythe heartsdiamondsclubsand spades card suitslinesshaded boxesarrowsmusic notesand so on you can obtain string values of these characters by passing their numeric codecalled unicode code pointto the chr(function text is stored on computers as series of numberswith each character represented by different number this appendix contains list of such code points