Marilyn, You miss-typed the line, it should have a semicolon right after the word "coding", such as:
# coding: utf-8 not # coding utf-8 as you showed from your file. The syntax suggested syntax # -*- coding: utf8 -*- by Martin is equivalent, but I always have a hard time remembering it from the top of my head when I create a new Python file. So I just use: # coding: utf-8 2011/5/28 Marilyn Davis <mari...@pythontrainer.com>: > Thank you Alexandre for your quick reply. > > I tried your suggestion (again) and I still get: > > ./uni.py > File "./uni.py", line 20 > SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xa5' in file ./uni.py on line 21, but > no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for > details > > Can you suggest a different encoding? Or a way to figure out what it > should be? > > Or am I making and re-making some stupid mistake? > > I run on emacs under SUSE. > > Marilyn > > p.s. The code is now: > > #!/usr/bin/env python > # coding utf-8 > '''Unicode handling for 2.6. > ''' > class Currency(float): > def __str__(self): > value = self.__class__.symbol + float.__str__(self) > return value > > class Yen(Currency): > symbol = unichr(165) > > def main(): > y = Yen(100) > print unicode(y) > > main() > > """ > ¥100.0 > """ > > > > > > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 2:21 pm, Alexandre Conrad wrote: > >> When Python loads your file from your file system, it assumes all >> characters in the file are ASCII. But when it hits non-ASCII characters >> (currency symbols), Python doesn't know how to interpret >> it. So you can give Python a hint by putting at the top of your file the >> encoding of your file: >> >> After the shebang (1st line), add the following comment: >> # coding: utf-8 >> >> >> (or whatever encoding your file is saved to, I think it depends on >> your file system, usually utf-8 by default on Linux) >> >> HTH, >> >> >> >> 2011/5/28 Marilyn Davis <mari...@pythontrainer.com>: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> I'm still on Python 2.6 and I'm trying to work some unicode handling. >>> >>> >>> I've spent some hours on this snippet of code, trying to follow PEP >>> 0263, >>> since the error tells me to see it. I've tried other docs too and I am >>> still clueless. >>> >>> The code works, except for the comment at the end. >>> >>> >>> I would be very grateful for some help. >>> >>> >>> >>> #!/usr/bin/env python >>> '''Unicode handling for 2.6. >>> ''' >>> class Currency(float): def __str__(self): >>> value = self.__class__.symbol + float.__str__(self) >>> return value >>> >>> >>> class Yen(Currency): symbol = unichr(165) >>> >>> >>> class Pound(Currency): symbol = unichr(163) >>> >>> >>> def main(): y = Yen(100) >>> print unicode(y) >>> p = Pound(100) >>> print unicode(p) >>> >>> >>> main() >>> >>> """ >>> ¥100.0 >>> £100.0 >>> """ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Alex | twitter.com/alexconrad >> > > > -- Alex | twitter.com/alexconrad _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
