enquiring mind wrote: > I read the posting by Rehceb Rotkiv and response but don't know if it > relates to my problem in any way. > > I only want to write German to the screen/console for little German > programs/exercises in python. No file w/r will be used. > > #! /usr/bin/env python > # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- > # Filename: 7P07png.py > # SUSE Linux 10 Python 2.4.1 gedit 2.12.0 > > print 'Ich zähle zwölf weiß Hüte.' > print 'Wollen Sie' > verbs = ( 'kömmen' , 'essen' , 'trinken' ) > print verbs[:3] > > print ' program ends ' > > console display is: Ich zähle zwölf weiß Hüte. > Wollen Sie > ('k\xc3\xb6mmen', 'essen', 'trinken') > program ends > > The first 2 print statements in German print perfectly to screen/console > but not the 3rd.
In the 3rd you don't print a string, you print a tuple. Python internally uses repr() on each item, joins them using "," and puts parenthesis around the whole thing. That's not usually what you want; that representation is good for debugging. (See below) > I also tried unicode string u'kömmen', but it did not fix problem. Working in Unicode may be useful, but it's not your current problem. > I found this reference section but I am not sure it applies or how to > use it to solve my problem.: Forget about setdefaultencoding! > I just thought of this. I suppose because this is py source code, it > should not be German but a reference/key to u'strings' to print German > text to the screen? No... > The ultimate console output I seek, of course, using a while or for loop > and/or random access for second verb, for example: > Wollen Sie kömmen? > Wollen Sie essen? > Wollen Sie trinken? Had you tried this before, you would have no problems. for verb in verbs: print 'Wollen Sie', verb, '?' This way you print an individual item, and you can control exactly how you like it displayed. Another way: for verb in verbs: print 'Wollen Sie %s?' % verb -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list