Python's 'input' function does not read non-ascii characters (EOFError)

Asked Oct 01 '16 at 17:07

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When I run python nonascii.py on my Windows cmd with chcp 65001, and input a non-ascii character like ť,č,š,ľ,ž,ý,etc., I get EOFError because of the first line.

nonascii.py

nonascii = input('Type in a non-ascii character (try e.g. ž): ')
print(nonascii)

What shall I do so that the printed output == input?

edited Oct 01 '16 at 18:04

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asked Oct 01 '16 at 17:07

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Can you use raw_input? – Denny Weinberg Oct 01 '16 at 17:09
@DennyWeinberg This is Python 3.x... – Andrew Li Oct 01 '16 at 17:10
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@DennyWeinberg: No, because this is Python 3. `input()` in 3 is the same thing as `raw_input()` in 2. – Martijn Pieters Oct 01 '16 at 17:12
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Could you try this with Python 3.6 instead? It has re-worked console I/O. – Martijn Pieters Oct 01 '16 at 17:15
What is 'chcp 65001'? – user2864740 Oct 01 '16 at 17:15
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@user2864740: the Windows UTF-8 codepage. – Martijn Pieters Oct 01 '16 at 17:16

Python's 'input' function does not read non-ascii characters (EOFError)

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