On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:37:42 -0800, yomnasalah91 wrote: > I have a problem with encoding in python 27 shell. > > when i write this in the python shell: > > w=u'العربى' > > It gives me the following error: > > Unsupported characters in input > > any help?
Firstly, please show the COMPLETE error, including the full traceback. Python errors look like (for example): py> x = ord(100) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: ord() expected string of length 1, but int found Copy and paste the complete traceback. Secondly, please describe your environment: - What operating system and version are you using? Linux, Windows, Mac OS, something else? Which version or distro? - Which console or terminal application? E.g. cmd.exe (Windows), konsole, xterm, something else? - Which shell? E.g. the standard Python interpreter, IDLE, bpython, something else? My guess is that this is not a Python problem, but an issue with your console. You should always have your console set to use UTF-8, if possible. I expect that your console is set to use a different encoding. In that case, see if you can change it to UTF-8. For example, using Gnome Terminal on Linux, I can do this: py> w = u'العربى' py> print w العربى and it works fine, but if I change the encoding to WINDOWS-1252 using the "Set character encoding" menu command, the terminal will not allow me to paste the string into the terminal. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list