Python character encoding at writing

Asked Aug 17 '17 at 10:24

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My program is the follow:

#/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
import os, sys

from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim
geolocator = Nominatim()
location = geolocator.reverse("47, 17")
cim = location.raw['address']['country']

#cim = "Magyarország"

print(cim)
f = open('out.txt','w')
f.write(cim)
f.closed

The program writes the correct value (Magyarország) at line 12, but at line 14 there is error. ('ascii' codec can't encode character ... in position 10)

And it's interesting, because when I give the value of cim at line 10, both of writings work.

(I'm totally beginner at python)

asked Aug 17 '17 at 10:24

Máté Brunner

`cim = u"Magyarország" ` try pls – Tolgahan ÜZÜN Aug 17 '17 at 10:26
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Try explicitly encoding as unicode: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9942594/unicodeencodeerror-ascii-codec-cant-encode-character-u-xa0-in-position-20 – Roy Prins Aug 17 '17 at 10:28
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@TolgahanÜZÜN: where does it say this is Python 2? The error shows they are using Python 3, and they didn't specify an encoding for the open file, so Python uses the system default. Here that default turns out to be ASCII. – Martijn Pieters Aug 17 '17 at 10:29
@TolgahanÜZÜN: besides, the value came from an API, it is not a literal. – Martijn Pieters Aug 17 '17 at 10:30
In the duplicate I talk about *reading*, but the same applies to *writing* to a file. Specify a suitable encoding for the file when opening: `open('out.txt', 'w', encoding='utf8')` for example. – Martijn Pieters Aug 17 '17 at 10:31
Tolgahan, and how can I specify an encoding for the file? – Máté Brunner Aug 17 '17 at 10:33
for f = open('out.txt', 'w', encoding='utf8') I get: TypeError: 'encoding' is an invalid keyword argument for this function – Máté Brunner Aug 17 '17 at 10:35
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@MátéBrunner: so are you using Python 2 instead then? I was assuming Python 3 because you showed `cim = "Magyarország"` (no `u` prefix on the string). – Martijn Pieters Aug 17 '17 at 10:47
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@MátéBrunner: then use `from io import open` to get the Python 3 file I/O system, or encode your data explicitly with `f.write(cim.encode('utf8'))`. – Martijn Pieters Aug 17 '17 at 10:48
The encode('utf8') works, thank you very much! – Máté Brunner Aug 17 '17 at 10:54
Anyway, i dont know, which version is this... – Máté Brunner Aug 17 '17 at 10:54

Python character encoding at writing

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