I have a text file with utf-8 encoding. I want to change it's unicode to ANSI or unicode automatically in python. Is it possible? How can i do it?
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2possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4299675/python-script-to-convert-from-utf-8-to-ascii – Binyamin Even Dec 25 '16 at 09:54
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A precision: **unicode** is a characters set; **utf8** is a codec (an algorithm) used to encode Unicode characters. – Laurent LAPORTE Dec 25 '16 at 09:54
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@LaurentLAPORTE, but when in windows we want to save as a text file, in encoding options we can see both utf-8 and unicodes.!? – narges Dec 25 '16 at 10:08
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See http://stackoverflow.com/a/701920/1513933 for a clear description of what is ANSI charset. – Laurent LAPORTE Dec 25 '16 at 10:45
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See http://stackoverflow.com/a/15128103/1513933 to have a clear description of what is Unicode charset. – Laurent LAPORTE Dec 25 '16 at 10:45
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Try this
#read input file
with codecs.open('USERS.CSV', 'r', encoding = 'latin-1') as file:
lines = file.read()
#write output file
with codecs.open('1_UserPython.CSV', 'w', encoding = 'utf_8_sig') as file:
file.write(lines)
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To convert a file from utf8 to cp1252:
import io
with io.open(src_path, mode="r", encoding="utf8") as fd:
content = fd.read()
with io.open(dst_path, mode="w", encoding="cp1252") as fd:
fd.write(content)
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