Compiling python ASCII error via powershell

Question

i am confused..

i just start learning python i created a file using command line and when i execute it ... it through error..

command i use are

PS E:\python\mystuff> echo /n > test.py
PS E:\python\mystuff> type test.py
PS E:\python\mystuff> start 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe' .\test.py

file

then i edit it and print some stuff .. and when i run it .. it through error file test.py print ("hello world") print "this is pyrhon"

SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xff' in file test.py on line 1, but no encoding declared; see http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details

after a while i run python and print those thinks .. it work well ... then i create a file ex1.py without command.. it works ... why the file i created using command line is not working and how do i solve it... i am very new to python and powershell .. i just start learning ... please help

Joost · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-16 10:01:11Z

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When checking the url in the error message (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/), it confirms my suspicion that Python doesn't handle a Unicode file well.

You can either apply the fixes mentioned on that page, or you can enforce an ASCII encoding on your file from within Powershell:

"" | Out-File ".\test.py" -Encoding ascii

This replaces the echo /n command.

answered Jan 16, 2019 at 10:01

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