title: openpyxl - convert cell value from 'utf-8 'to ''ascii"
body: <p>So I'm trying to convert a cell's value into a usable string. </p>
  
  <p>What I'm trying to do is use the cell value in regex, but it keeps throwing the error</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u2019' in position 26: ordinal not in range(128)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This is just one of many problems, as when I do convert it from a unicode to an ascii value, another cell gives me <code>datetime</code> error (as it is in datetime).</p>
  
  <p>Any advice on how to convert this to a string so that it can be used in regex, since these values are printable.</p>