Python encoding issue with pound symbol

Question

I have a program that gets a string from the user. they type in "£" but some weird "tu`" text replaces the "£" when PRINT ing the string.

my app is a gui which takes input from user, what could be the problem

Extended ASCII issue? your parser might only use 7 bit ASCII . — koldewb, Sep 18 '15 at 11:30
Are you printing the `"£"` string in the console or are you displaying it in your GUI? What GUI library are you using? What version of Python are you using? — PM 2Ring, Sep 18 '15 at 11:39
But in that code, `"£"` is a literal string in your code, it's not user input! — PM 2Ring, Sep 18 '15 at 11:44
£ is a user input from the gui application, but when this is processed its prints the undesired output — Ajay Gupta, Sep 18 '15 at 12:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '15 at 11:30

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You need to print it like this:

a=raw_input("Enter something: ")
print a.encode('utf-8')

answered Sep 18 '15 at 11:30

ForceBru

but my app is a gui which takes input from user, what could be the problem ? any idea? – Ajay Gupta Sep 18 '15 at 11:33
@AjayGupta, you definitely should add this information to your question. – ForceBru Sep 18 '15 at 11:34
done, now any solution? – Ajay Gupta Sep 18 '15 at 11:35
@AjayGupta, the same: check whether you're reading the value correctly and `encode` it. – ForceBru Sep 18 '15 at 11:43
@AjayGupta Encoding. First line is direction but maybe your os or python or any one module using incompatible encoding. – dsgdfg Sep 18 '15 at 11:52
which encoding should i use then? – Ajay Gupta Sep 18 '15 at 12:36

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