i have the following code: c=chr(169)+" some text"
how can i utf8 encode the variable above ? something like in php utf8_encode($var);?! chr(169) is the © (c) sign ! 10x for your help ! p.s.: i tryed using codecs, etc but always get an error message like: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xa9 in position 0... -- Catalin Constantin Bounce Software http://www.bounce-software.com http://www.cabanova.ro -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list