SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe2' in file prueba.py on line 3

Question

I was trying something and I get this error. I searched and i found I have to add # encoding=utf8 but the output was different from what I was expecting

My code:

print ' -------\n│      │\n│      │\n│     │\n││      │\n ------'

First error:

SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe2' in file prueba.py on line 3, but 
no encoding declared; see http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details

Code output:

-------
Ôöé      Ôöé
Ôöé      Ôöé
Ôöé     Ôöé
ÔöéÔöé      Ôöé
------

I don't have the problem, I can just print it and get the expected result. I guess the problem is you define to use utf8 but don't use a utf8 string. Maybe try to say print u' -------\n│ │\n│ │\n│ │\n││ │\n ------' — Rolf Lussi
– Rolf Lussi, Commented Nov 10, 2015 at 15:20

Rolf Lussi · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-10 15:28:25Z

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I guess the problem is you define to use utf8 but don't use a utf8 string. Maybe try to say print u' -------\n│ │\n│ │\n│ │\n││ │\n ------'

answered Nov 10, 2015 at 15:28

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