strings in hebrew in python for s60

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I'm using python for S60. I want to use string in hebrew, to represent them on the GUI and to send them in SMS message. It seems that the PythonScriptShell don't accept such expressions, for example:

u"אבגדה"

what can I do? thanks

development of situation: I added the line:

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

as the first line in the source file and in notepad++ I selected: Encoding>>Convert to utf8.

now, the GUI appears in Hebrew but when I selected an option the selection value cannot be compared to a string in Hebrew in the code (probably) and there is no response.

On PythonScriptShell appears the warning:

Unicode equal comparison failed to convert both arguments to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal.

Help me, please.

>don't accept such expressions -- could you explain what do you mean? If it gives you an error, please post the traceback. — Daniel Kluev, Aug 01 '10 at 16:36
the error message on the shell screen: "SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe1' in file ... on line ... but no encoding — Day_Dreamer, Aug 01 '10 at 17:42
Oh, so you have `u"אבגדה"` in the source file? Or are you entering in the interactive shell? — Daniel Kluev, Aug 01 '10 at 18:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '10 at 19:09

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I just tested this in both bluetooth and on-phone consoles with PyS60 2.0, and non-ASCII unicode was handled w/out exceptions.

If you have that string in the file rather than passing it in the console, error is caused by lack of encoding specification in the file.

Add # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- as first line there.

answered Aug 01 '10 at 19:09

Daniel Kluev

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I added this row exactly and got the error message: "UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytesin position 0-2: invalid data. – Day_Dreamer Aug 07 '10 at 17:24
@Day_Dreaner ー then, obviously, you need to save your file in utf-8, or edit the header to match w/e encoding your editor uses. – Daniel Kluev Aug 07 '10 at 23:09
how do I save a file in utf-8? I'm using npp. – Day_Dreamer Aug 08 '10 at 16:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 31 '10 at 22:51

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convert your words to unicode characters using unichr eg unichr(1507) for char ף

refer to the decimal values in this table: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/java/unicode.html#x0590

answered Jul 31 '10 at 22:51

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I didn't understand. I have a string in hebrew, what to do next? – Day_Dreamer Aug 01 '10 at 03:41
I don't think that makes a huge difference compared to a Unicode literal like `u"אבגדה"`: Both result in Python Unicode strings. The problem must be on the S60 side. – Philipp Aug 01 '10 at 13:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '22 at 14:14

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Add up ru = lambda txt: str(txt).decode('utf-8','ignore')

And add the function before each text use ru("אבגדה")

answered Apr 08 '22 at 14:14

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