Re: Ascii Encoding Error with UTF-8 encoder

2006-06-27 Thread Serge Orlov
On 6/27/06, Mike Currie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the thorough explanation. > > What I am doing is converting data for processing that will be tab (for > columns) and newline (for row) delimited. Some of the data contains tabs > and newlines so, I have to convert them to something e

Re: Ascii Encoding Error with UTF-8 encoder

2006-06-27 Thread John Machin
On 28/06/2006 9:44 AM, Mike Currie wrote: > > What I am doing is converting data for processing that will be tab (for > columns) and newline (for row) delimited. Some of the data contains tabs > and newlines so, I have to convert them to something else so the file > integrity is good. > > No

Re: Ascii Encoding Error with UTF-8 encoder

2006-06-27 Thread Mike Currie
Thanks for the thorough explanation. What I am doing is converting data for processing that will be tab (for columns) and newline (for row) delimited. Some of the data contains tabs and newlines so, I have to convert them to something else so the file integrity is good. Not my idea, I've bee

Re: Ascii Encoding Error with UTF-8 encoder

2006-06-27 Thread John Machin
On 28/06/2006 7:46 AM, Mike Currie wrote: > Can anyone explain why I'm getting an ascii encoding error when I'm trying > to write out using a UTF-8 encoder? > f = codecs.open('foo.txt', 'wU', 'utf-8') print filteredLine > thisêhasêàtabsêandêlineàbreaks f.write(filteredLine) > Trac

Re: Ascii Encoding Error with UTF-8 encoder

2006-06-27 Thread Robert Kern
Mike Currie wrote: > Can anyone explain why I'm getting an ascii encoding error when I'm trying > to write out using a UTF-8 encoder? Please read the Python Unicode HOWTO. http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/unicode -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a har

Ascii Encoding Error with UTF-8 encoder

2006-06-27 Thread Mike Currie
Can anyone explain why I'm getting an ascii encoding error when I'm trying to write out using a UTF-8 encoder? Thanks Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> filterMap = {} >>> for i