def main(): encoding = "utf-8" encoding = input('give the encoding> ') while True: code = input('give a number> ') if code.lower() == 'exit': print('Bye') break try: print(chr(int(code)).encode("utf-8").decode(encoding) ) # code_int = int(code) # print(greekLetters[letter.upper()]) except: print('ERROR!!!') raise if __name__ == '__main__': main()