On Jun 8, 10:20 am, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > John Machin wrote: > > On Jun 8, 12:13 am, "R. David Murray" <rdmur...@bitdance.com> wrote: > >> higer <higerinbeij...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> My file contains such strings : > >>> \xe6\x97\xa5\xe6\x9c\x9f\xef\xbc\x9a > >> If those bytes are what is in the file (and it sounds like they are), > >> then the data in your file is not in UTF8 encoding, it is in ASCII > >> encoded as hexidecimal escape codes. > > > OK, I'll bite: what *ASCII* character is encoded as either "\xe6" or > > r"\xe6" by what mechanism in which parallel universe? > > Maybe he means that the file itself is in ASCII.
Maybe indeed, but only so because hex escape codes are by design in ASCII. "in ASCII" is redundant ... I can't imagine how the OP parsed "ASCII <omitted 'because it is'> encoded" given that his native tongue's grammar varies from that of English in several interesting ways :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
