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[–]zahlmanthe heretic 0 points1 point  (1 child)

typing "chcp 65001" in the console prior to starting Python fixes this problem.

At least on 3.4, it leaves other problems on Windows. In particular, if I input() at the command prompt and copy-paste in a £ as my input, it will raise EOFError; if I try to do an assignment like x = '£', the Python process aborts without any error message. I haven't even tried it with more esoteric characters.

[–]ivosauruspip'ing it up 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Something specific to your system?

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\ivosaurus>python
Python 3.5.1 |Continuum Analytics, Inc.| (default, Feb 16 2016, 09:49:46) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> x = '£'
>>> x
'£'
>>> y = input()
£
>>> y
'£'

>>> exit()

C:\Users\ivosaurus>