if you can print out values of 'filemask', and 'thefile' variables, when it crashes, I can help.
thx. Edwin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorgen Bodde Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 2:24 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: UnicodeDecodeError, how to elegantly deal with this? Hi All, I am relatively new to python unicode pains and I would like to have some advice. I have this snippet of code: def playFile(cmd, args): argstr = list() for arg in appcfg.options[appcfg.CFG_PLAYER_ARGS].split(): thefile = args["file"] filemask = u"%file%" therep = arg.replace(filemask, thefile) ##### error here argstr.append(therep) argstr.insert(0, appcfg.options[appcfg.CFG_PLAYER_PATH]) try: subprocess.Popen( argstr ) except OSError: cmd.html = "<h1>Can't play file</h1></br>" + args["file"] return cmd.redirect = _getBaseURL("series?cmd_get_series=%i" % args["id"]) cmd.html = "" ------------------- It crashes on this: 20:03:49: File "D:\backup\important\src\airs\webserver\webdispatch.py", line 117, in playFile therep = arg.replace(filemask, thefile) 20:03:49: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 93: ordinal not in range(128) 20:03:49: Unhandled Error: <type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 93: ordinal not in range(128) It chokes on a ` character in a file name. I read this file from disk, and I would like to play it. However in the replace action it cannot translate this character. How can I transparently deal with this issue because in my eyes it is simply replacing a string with a string, and I do not want to be bothered with unicode problems. I am not sure in which encoding it is in, but I am not experienced enough to see how I can solve this Can anybody guide me to an elegant solution? Thanks in advance! - Jorgen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list The information contained in this message and any attachment may be proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
