python encoding and decoding strings

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I am reading a first and last name in Python from a file and am having trouble with encoding. I want to print out the name, but am getting "UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u021b' in position 11: character maps to undefined" with this code:

    first = obj.first_name.encode('utf-8')
    last = obj.last_name.encode('utf-8')
    first = first.decode('utf-8')
    last = last.decode('utf-8')
    print(first)

What is the problem?

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-07 01:25:52Z

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The problem is that your output terminal/console doesn't have any way of displaying ț. Try chcp 65001 before running the script if you're using Windows.

answered Aug 7, 2011 at 1:25

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