Fix #1982

pandas/core/index.py

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def _has_complex_internals(self):
 
     def summary(self, name=None):
         if len(self) > 0:
-            index_summary = ', %s to %s' % (str(self[0]), str(self[-1]))
+            index_summary = ', %s to %s' % (unicode(self[0]), unicode(self[-1]))
         else:
             index_summary = ''
 

pandas/tests/test_format.py

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def test_repr_corner(self):
 
     def test_frame_info_encoding(self):
         index = ['\'Til There Was You (1997)',
-                 '\xc1 k\xf6ldum klaka (Cold Fever) (1994)']
+                 'ldum klaka (Cold Fever) (1994)']
         fmt.set_printoptions(max_rows=1)
         df = DataFrame(columns=['a', 'b', 'c'], index=index)
         repr(df)

pandas/tests/test_index.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 class TestIndex(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
+        self.unicodeIndex = tm.makeUnicodeIndex(100)
         self.strIndex = tm.makeStringIndex(100)
         self.dateIndex = tm.makeDateIndex(100)
         self.intIndex = tm.makeIntIndex(100)
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ def test_take(self):
     def _check_method_works(self, method):
         method(self.empty)
         method(self.dateIndex)
+        method(self.unicodeIndex)
         method(self.strIndex)
         method(self.intIndex)
         method(self.tuples)

pandas/util/testing.py

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ def rands(n):
     choices = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
     return ''.join([random.choice(choices) for _ in xrange(n)])
 
+def randu(n):
+    choices = u"".join(map(unichr,range(1488,1488+26))) + string.digits
+    return ''.join([random.choice(choices) for _ in xrange(n)])
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Console debugging tools
 
@@ -183,6 +187,9 @@ def getCols(k):
 def makeStringIndex(k):
     return Index([rands(10) for _ in xrange(k)])
 
+def makeUnicodeIndex(k):
+    return Index([randu(10) for _ in xrange(k)])
+
 def makeIntIndex(k):
     return Index(range(k))