% python
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>>> interesting_sample = b'>\xd8\xa7\xd8\xb3\xda\xa9\xd9\x86\xd8\xaf\xd8\xb1<'
>>> text = interesting_sample.decode('utf-8')
>>> text
'>اسکندر<'
>>> ' '.join(text)
'> ا س ک ن د ر <'
>>> list(text)
['>', 'ا', 'س', 'ک', 'ن', 'د', 'ر', '<']
>>> list(enumerate(text))
[(0, '>'), (1, 'ا'), (2, 'س'), (3, 'ک'), (4, 'ن'), (5, 'د'), (6, 'ر'), (7, '<')]