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Taylor Hall
Taylor Hall

Reputation: 9

Encoding Text files with Python

I built an encryption method that turns plaintext into Hebrew, and I am trying to write the Hebrew to a text file using Python, and I've run across the following issue:

The Hebrew text writes properly in the shell, however once I write it to a text file, this is what is written:

ää0ä0ãçççâäää0àããåäääãçååãàáÌáÌ0

I am using Python's standard encoding cp1255 to write to my text file. Is there an issue with Python writing to the file, or is it the file itself?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 100

Answers (1)

Samuel GIFFARD
Samuel GIFFARD

Reputation: 842

I don't know if you're using python 3.

Check this out here: https://docs.python.org/3/howto/unicode.html .

Moreover, you should use UTF-8 to encode your unicode. CP1255 has only Hebrew in it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1255

Your console should support unicode, which is why you see it properly there.

Basically, what I'm saying is: If you use Python 3 and use no shenanigan at all, it should work by default :-)

If you force an old encoding... then you'll get down the rabbit hole...

Upvotes: 1

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