def chars_from_codepoint(_code):
    """return string of chars from string of codepoints"""
    result = ''
    if _code.isinstance('str'):
        # convert string to list
        bits = _code.split()
    else:
        # assume is list
        bits = _code
    for bit in bits:
        if 'U+' in bit[0:2]:
            result += chr(int(bit[2:6], 16))
    return result