UTF-8 decoding error in Python

Question

I'm trying to do this in Python: 'Fi\xc3\xb1a'.decode('utf-8')

I expect the result to be Fiña. But the result is actually: u'Fi\xf1a'

No idea what is going on, some help on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

You shouldn't call it an "error" if you don't fully understand it. Chances are you are just misinterpreting the situation (like it is the case here). — Niklas B.
– Niklas B., Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 21:30

Mark Ransom · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-28 21:27:50Z

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You're getting the correct result, the Unicode codepoint for ñ is U+00f1. It's just that Python won't display the Unicode character directly. Try it in a print statement and see what you get.

answered Mar 28, 2012 at 21:27

Mark Ransom

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