Declaring encoding in Python [duplicate]

Question

I want to split a string in python using this code:

means="a ، b ، c"
lst=means.split("،")

but I get this error message:

SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xd8' in file dict.py on line 2, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details

How do I declare an encoding?

MRAB · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-03 01:32:12Z

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Put:

# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

as the first line of the file (or second line if using *nix) and save the file as UTF-8.

If you're using Python 2, use Unicode string literals (u"..."), for example:

means = u"a ، b ، c"
lst = means.split(u"،")

If you're using Python 3, string literals are Unicode already (unless marked as bytestrings b"...").

answered Sep 3, 2012 at 1:32

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Karl Knechtel Over a year ago

@imrek then instead of declaring an encoding of UTF-8, declare the encoding that your file actually uses. It has nothing to do with the Python version and everything to do with the file itself.

BrenBarn · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-02 17:47:16Z

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You need to declare an encoding for your file, as documented here and here.

answered Sep 2, 2012 at 17:47

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