On Sunday, 3 June 2018 20:11:43 UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 03 Jun 2018 16:36:12 -0700, bellcanadardp wrote: > > > hello peter ...how exactly would i solve this issue .....i have a script > > that works in python 2 but not pytho3..i did 2 to 3.py ...but i still > > get the errro...character undefieed..unicode decode error cant decode > > byte 1x09 in line 7414 from cp 1252..like would you have a sraright > > solution answer??..i cant get a straight answer..it was ported from ansi > > to python...so its utf-8 as far asi can see > > You won't get a straight answer because you won't tell us *precisely* > what is happening. > > Don't retype a summary of what you think the error is. "character > undefieed" is not a thing, and there is no such thing as "byte 1x09". > > You need to COPY AND PASTE the EXACT error that you get. Not just the > last line, the error message, but the FULL TRACEBACK starting from the > line "Traceback" and going to the end. > > Until you do that, we cannot give you a straight answer. > > You also need to COPY AND PASTE the EXACT line of code that gives the > error, plus enough code so that it works. For a file read error, that > probably means code that opens the file, and then tries to read from it. > > Until you do that, we cannot give you a straight answer. > > You need to tell us what version of Python you are using, and the > operating system. > > You should read this: > > http://sscce.org/ > > Even though it is written for Java programmers, it applies to Python to. > > If you think that your file is UTF-8, why are you using CP-1252 to read > the file? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1252 > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8 > > > > I recommend you start with reading this if you haven't already: > > https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every- > software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and- > character-sets-no-excuses/ > > Sorry for the huge URL, try this if your mail client breaks it: > > https://tinyurl.com/h8yg9d7 > > > Until you read that, you will probably remain confused about text > encodings and Unicode and will probably not understand the straight > answer we give you. > > Also read: https://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html > > > > -- > Steven D'Aprano > "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing > it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson
here is the exact error full message in the attachment...UPDATE..i am manually modifying this reply..i tried to answer by my gmail but i get errors and i couldnt find this webpage till today and it doesnt accept attachments..so many you can for future provide an email if thats ok...anyway i will write the error manually here: ********************* File "C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 23, in decode return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table[0] UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap'codec can't decode byte 0x9d in position 7414: character maps to <undefined> ******************************* for the record i did not puprosely set the code or decode o encode to cp-1252; this is a 3rd party script i have from the internet thats all this a set of files that runs find in python 2.7 i am trying to run it in python 3 becuz i was told in 2020 python 2 will no longer be supported not sure if that really matters for my script it runs completey fine in python 2, so for me the issue is with python 3 and its changes relative to python 2 tommy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
