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in reply to Re: Python unicodedata equivalent, or, how to convert unicode fraction to a usable fraction
in thread Python unicodedata equivalent, or, how to convert unicode fraction to a usable fraction

Thanks, tchrist, for pointing out &Unicode::UCD::num.

(In retrospect I would have mentioned in OP that I was concerned only about the vulgar-ity of Unicode.)