"Non-ASCII character" error when running Python program from Windows Powershell

Question

I am seeing the following error:

SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' in file new2.py on line 2, but no encoding declared; see http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details

when I run this code:

print(“Welcome")
 guess = 0
 while guess != 5:
    g = input(“Guess the number: ")
    guess = int(g)
    if guess == 5:
    print(“You win!")
    else:
    if guess > 5:
    print(“Too high")
    else:
    print(“Too low")
print(“Game over!")

What symbol is “ supposed to be? On the line g = input(“Guess the number: ") - same in your print statements — UnholySheep
– UnholySheep, Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 13:14
Your endquote is correct " but your opening quotes are both smart quotes, which aren't ascii. Did you copy & paste this from some other application, that may be the cause of your errors. — David Zemens
– David Zemens, Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 13:16

languitar · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-17 13:15:40Z

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You need to use proper double quotes, not the “ sign, which is not ASCII.

answered Mar 17, 2017 at 13:15

languitar

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Matt Over a year ago

It's mentioned in comments but these are also known as "smart quotes". Almost always the problem created by code biting from a website.

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