<human>:  How do I convert a unicode to a string at the Python level?
<bot>: Here is some code to convert a unicode 'Andr\xc3\xa9' to a string

"""""".join(chr(ord(c)) for c in 'Andr\xc3\xa9').decode('utf8')

#Warning: this code generation is experimental. Please inspect the code for any bugs before executing.