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I wanted to make a fancy welcome message for my calculator when i import my calcintro.py it gives me this message:

SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe2' in file calcintro.py on line 1, but no encoding declared; see http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details

I have read other StackOverflow posts for solutions but they didn't help much. Any help would be highly appreciated. Heres the code:

# coding: utf-8
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-



print" ▄████▄   ▄▄▄       ██▓     ▄████▄     ▄▄▄      ▓█████▄  ██▒   █▓\n"
print"▒██▀ ▀█  ▒████▄    ▓██▒    ▒██▀ ▀█    ▒████▄    ▒██▀ ██▌▓██░   █▒\n"
print"▒▓█    ▄ ▒██  ▀█▄  ▒██░    ▒▓█    ▄   ▒██  ▀█▄  ░██   █▌ ▓██  █▒░\n"
print"▒▓▓▄ ▄██▒░██▄▄▄▄██ ▒██░    ▒▓▓▄ ▄██▒  ░██▄▄▄▄██ ░▓█▄   ▌  ▒██ █░░\n"
print"▒ ▓███▀ ░ ▓█   ▓██▒░██████▒▒ ▓███▀ ░   ▓█   ▓██▒░▒████▓    ▒▀█░  \n"
print"░ ░▒ ▒  ░ ▒▒   ▓▒█░░ ▒░▓  ░░ ░▒ ▒  ░   ▒▒   ▓▒█░ ▒▒▓  ▒    ░ ▐░  \n"
print"  ░  ▒     ▒   ▒▒ ░░ ░ ▒  ░  ░  ▒       ▒   ▒▒ ░ ░ ▒  ▒    ░ ░░  \n"
print"░          ░   ▒     ░ ░   ░            ░   ▒    ░ ░  ░      ░░  \n"
print"░ ░            ░  ░    ░  ░░ ░              ░  ░   ░          ░  \n"
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  • Can you double-check that your text editor actually saves the file as UTF-8? Commented May 8, 2017 at 11:56
  • Seems about right. imgur.com/a/6mw2t Commented May 8, 2017 at 11:59
  • Any feedback on the provided solution? Commented May 9, 2017 at 11:10

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In Python 2.7 it's necessary to explicitly use Unicode string literals in source code.

Prefix strings that contain Unicode characters with a small u.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

print u" ▄████▄   ▄▄▄       ██▓     ▄████▄     ▄▄▄      ▓█████▄  ██▒   █▓"
print u"▒██▀ ▀█  ▒████▄    ▓██▒    ▒██▀ ▀█    ▒████▄    ▒██▀ ██▌▓██░   █▒"
print u"▒▓█    ▄ ▒██  ▀█▄  ▒██░    ▒▓█    ▄   ▒██  ▀█▄  ░██   █▌ ▓██  █▒░"
print u"▒▓▓▄ ▄██▒░██▄▄▄▄██ ▒██░    ▒▓▓▄ ▄██▒  ░██▄▄▄▄██ ░▓█▄   ▌  ▒██ █░░"
print u"▒ ▓███▀ ░ ▓█   ▓██▒░██████▒▒ ▓███▀ ░   ▓█   ▓██▒░▒████▓    ▒▀█░  "
print u"░ ░▒ ▒  ░ ▒▒   ▓▒█░░ ▒░▓  ░░ ░▒ ▒  ░   ▒▒   ▓▒█░ ▒▒▓  ▒    ░ ▐░  "
print u"  ░  ▒     ▒   ▒▒ ░░ ░ ▒  ░  ░  ▒       ▒   ▒▒ ░ ░ ▒  ▒    ░ ░░  "
print u"░          ░   ▒     ░ ░   ░            ░   ▒    ░ ░  ░      ░░  "
print u"░ ░            ░  ░    ░  ░░ ░              ░  ░   ░          ░  "

The newline \n however is implicit in what print does, you don't need to write it.

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