[Tutor] Problem with input() and unicode string

[Mark Tolonen]

"Alan Gauld" <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote in message 
news:i2pqps$fps$1 at dough.gmane.org...
>
> "Alex" <abccbg at yahoo.co.uk> wrote
>
>> The first print statement works as expected, both in IDLE and when
>> double-clicking the file for a console view.
>> The second one works in IDLE, but just flashes by when double-clicking 
>> the file,
>> due to an error report I can't see.
>
> So run it from a Console prompt and you will then be able to see the 
> error.
> That should help you debug it.

Try:

    import sys
    year = raw_input(u'Introduce el año:'.encode(sys.stdout.encoding))

Without the explicit encoding I got a UnicodeError due to using the 'ascii' 
codec.

Interesting that 'print' uses the console encoding for Unicode strings, but 
input() and raw_input() don't for their prompts.

You may still get a Unicode error if your console encoding doesn't support 
the characters you are trying to print, but it worked on my US Windows 
'cp437' console.

-Mark