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Unicode within Maya

In my script (written in Sublime Test) I've a comment that reads:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import unicodedata

# Bööm! Bööm! Shake shake the room!
print u"Bööm! Bööm! Shake shake the room!"

Which works fine in a command prompt window.

However, when dragging and dropping the script into Maya's script editor the same line reads:

# Bööm! Bööm! Shake shake the room!
print u"Bööm! Bööm! Shake shake the room!"

How do I make the comment read as intended?

Solution

  • It's definitely Windows' problem. In macOS El Capital and macOS Sierra it works fine.

    import unicodedata
print u"Bööm! Bööm! Shake shake the room!"

#result: Bööm! Bööm! Shake shake the room!

    Although it's about different topic, look at this useful SO post: Convert a Unicode string to a string in Python. This post might give you some ideas.

    Maybe, you should try this method:

    u = u"Bööm! Bööm! Shake shake the room!"
e = u.encode('utf8')
print e

#result: Bööm! Bööm! Shake shake the room!