I have a text file with utf-8 encoding. I want to change it's unicode to ANSI or unicode automatically in python. Is it possible? How can i do it?
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- 2possible duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/4299675/…Binyamin Even– Binyamin Even2016-12-25 09:54:14 +00:00Commented Dec 25, 2016 at 9:54
- A precision: unicode is a characters set; utf8 is a codec (an algorithm) used to encode Unicode characters.Laurent LAPORTE– Laurent LAPORTE2016-12-25 09:54:24 +00:00Commented Dec 25, 2016 at 9:54
- @LaurentLAPORTE, but when in windows we want to save as a text file, in encoding options we can see both utf-8 and unicodes.!?narges– narges2016-12-25 10:08:08 +00:00Commented Dec 25, 2016 at 10:08
- See stackoverflow.com/a/701920/1513933 for a clear description of what is ANSI charset.Laurent LAPORTE– Laurent LAPORTE2016-12-25 10:45:21 +00:00Commented Dec 25, 2016 at 10:45
- See stackoverflow.com/a/15128103/1513933 to have a clear description of what is Unicode charset.Laurent LAPORTE– Laurent LAPORTE2016-12-25 10:45:42 +00:00Commented Dec 25, 2016 at 10:45
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Try this
#read input file with codecs.open('USERS.CSV', 'r', encoding = 'latin-1') as file: lines = file.read() #write output file with codecs.open('1_UserPython.CSV', 'w', encoding = 'utf_8_sig') as file: file.write(lines) Comments
To convert a file from utf8 to cp1252:
import io with io.open(src_path, mode="r", encoding="utf8") as fd: content = fd.read() with io.open(dst_path, mode="w", encoding="cp1252") as fd: fd.write(content) 