Porting Python 2 Unicode to Python 3

Question

I'm currently porting some code from Python 2.x to 3.x and I have come to a hitch. When I try to change:

base = unicode(base, FSENCODING, "replace")

to what I think 3 wants, which is:

base = str(base, FSENCODING, "replace")

it doesn't work saying that str can not decode. If I try:

base = b'\x80abc'.decode(base, FSENCODING, "replace")

I get an error saying that this can only take two arguments instead of the three that I have provided.

You should include the error message, and preferably the whole traceback. — Lennart Regebro
– Lennart Regebro, Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 9:00

dda · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-12 08:33:30Z

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Try:

base = b'\x80abc'.decode(FSENCODING, "replace")

answered Mar 12, 2013 at 8:33

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Lennart Regebro · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-12 09:00:01Z

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base = str(base, FSENCODING, "replace")

Is correct. You can also do:

base = base.decode(FSENCODING, "replace")

It's the same thing.

What is going wrong is impossible to say without the error message.

answered Mar 12, 2013 at 9:00

Lennart Regebro

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