"SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character" in running Python code

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Im starting with python and when i use the interpreter and run this code:

>>>peliculas = ["movie1", "movie2", "movie3", "movie4"]
>>>print(peliculas[1])

when i use Pycharm IDE it doesnt compile:

peliculas = ["movie1", "movie2", "movie3", "movie4"]
print(peliculas[1])

This is the output:

 File "/Users/user/PycharmProjects/untitled/Prueba2.py", line 1
SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc3' in file /Users/user/PycharmProjects/untitled/Prueba2.py on line 1, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details

What´s wrong with python?.. do i installed it correctly?

possible duplicate of Working with utf-8 encoding in Python source — Charles Duffy
– Charles Duffy, Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 1:46
Typing out the whole thing at a stretch. When you copy-paste things in unicode, they stay in unicode, and don't get converted to ASCII. In this case, you have unicode quotes — inspectorG4dget
– inspectorG4dget, Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 1:47
Did you actually look at python.org/peps/pep-0263.html as the error suggested, before coming here? If not, why not? Maybe you should stop watching those weird Euro-movies with their umlaut-y titles and other funny accented characters, like those in "Óscar López", whose answer you should read :-) — paxdiablo
– paxdiablo, Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 1:53
anon, the error has a blink (hey, if everyone else can shorten web-log to blog, surely I can shorten web-link to blink) that it suggests you go look at. You would use a browser for that. — paxdiablo
– paxdiablo, Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 1:57

Rohit-Pandey · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-25 10:04:02Z

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Just add these two lines at to top of python code.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

answered Jul 25, 2017 at 10:04

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Óscar López · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-25 01:46:16Z

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It's a file encoding problem. Try adding this at the beginning of the file:

#coding=utf-8

answered Jul 25, 2014 at 1:46

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Agi Hammerthief Over a year ago

or # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

user2206839 · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-25 07:05:27Z

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In PyCharm you can specify file encoding via the File | File encoding menu, or the file encoding item on the status bar. See this help article

answered Jul 25, 2014 at 7:05

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