unicode strings?!

[Philipp Schmid]

hi,

can anyone help me with this little example program?

#!/usr/bin/python2

lala = "aslfjaslkjf lasjflasjkfals faslkfj aljfaöljfkalöfjalö jflajf"
print lala
lala = u'%s' % lala
print lala


if i run it I get the following error, why?

aslfjaslkjf lasjflasjkfals faslkfj aljfaöljfkalöfjalö jflajf
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test.py", line 5, in ?
    lala = u'%s' % lala
UnicodeError: UTF-8 decoding error: invalid data

thx philipp

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