encoding error

Question

i have a encoding error wen i write in a file cause of a single unicode character '\x9' in a string :
>>[...]
>>var = "\x9"
>>file.write(var+'\n')
>>UnicodeError : can't encode ascii

it's look like that I'm on pc

Answer 1

Because bytes and characters are different entities.

http://blog.notdot.net/2010/07/Getting-unicode-right-in-JUMP_LINK__&&__Python__&&__JUMP_LINK

TL;DR: Don't use setdefaultencoding(); fix your failure to handle text correctly.

In: "The correct solution is to fix your code so that you handle text correctly." ...
- Use encode() on the byte string and specify the encoding...because it's going to the outside world.
-Optionally prefix the string literal with u (unicode).

Note: I couldn't immediately get Python 2.x or 3.x to accept var="\x9" so I didn't verify.

Answer 2

i have a table variable how look like this f=["lol","l\x9l","mdr"] but a unicode string look like this "u' lel" so if i try encode() i will get the same error

I've add my program here : Non working file writer