press "_" or ":" with pyautgui (python3)

Question

I want to press "_" or ":" characters with a pyautogui script.

if i try in a console i get this:

>>> import pyautogui
>>> pyautogui.press(':')
>>> /
>>> pyautogui.hotkey('shift', ':')
>>> /
>>> pyautogui.press('_')
>>> 8
>>> pyautogui.hotkey('shift', '_')
>>> 8

The problem is the same with other special characters.

I don't know if it's important but I have a french keyboard.

how do I get these characters ?

Answer 1

It works for me in an IDE. It's probably because you're running this from the shell. Try it on sublime or pycharm.

Edit: Sublime worked fine for me