choose runrun module you see python shell window open the application outputs the expected text and special charactersas shown in figure - the python shell uses standard character set across platformsso the python shell should use the same special characters no matter which platform you test howeverwhen creating your applicationmake sure to test it on various platforms to see how the application will react character set on one platform may use different numbers for special characters than another platform does in additionuser selection of character sets could have an impact on how special characters displayed by your application appear always make sure that you test special character usage completely figure - use special characters as needed to present special information or to format the output selecting individual characters earlier in the you discover that strings are made up of individual characters they arein factjust like beads on necklace -with each bead being an individual element of the whole string python makes it possible to access individual characters in string this is an important feature because you can use it to create new strings that contain only part of the original in additionyou can combine strings to create new results the secret to this feature is the square bracket you place square bracket with number in it after the name of the variable here' an examplemystring "hello worldprint(mystring[ ]