Writelines is not reading special characters - python

Question

I'm developing a cod to automate tables. I'm still at the beginning of what I want to do. Anyway, the cod it creates has to be played in a text file. However, some special characters it cannot read

Ex: ...value='S�O PAULO (CGH)';...

try:
    file = open('codigo.txt', 'w')
    file.writelines(cod)
except FileNotFoundError:
    file = open('codigo.txt', 'w')
    file.writelines(cod)
file.close()

Is there a way to fix it?

Yes, I know, that's why I'm asking for help because I don't know what to do. — Gabriel Edu, Jun 28 '21 at 20:51
Why does your `except` block run the same code as `try`? If it got an error the first time, it will get the same error. — Barmar, Jun 28 '21 at 20:53
And opening for writing won't get `FileNotFoundError`, it creates the file if it doesn't exist. — Barmar, Jun 28 '21 at 20:53
This shouldn't happen with a string, are you sure it's not a byte string? — Barmar, Jun 28 '21 at 20:54
Same question was here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6048085/writing-unicode-text-to-a-text-file — Andy Pavlov, Jun 28 '21 at 20:56

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '21 at 20:53

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Try file = open('file.txt', 'w', encoding='utf-8') (or a different encoding)

For more, see - https://docs.python.org/3/howto/unicode.html

answered Jun 28 '21 at 20:53

Y.R.

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GREAT. I hadn't thought about it hahaha. Vlw brother! – Gabriel Edu Jun 28 '21 at 20:56

Writelines is not reading special characters - python

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