Python 3 print() function with Farsi/Arabic characters [duplicate]

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Your code is correct as it works on my computer with both Python 2 and 3 (I’m on OS X):

~$ python -c 'print "تست"'
تست
~$ python3 -c 'print("تست")'
تست

The problem is with your terminal that can not output unicode characters. You could verify it by redirecting your output to a file like python3 my_file.py > test.txt and open the file using an editor.

If you are on Windows you could use a terminal like Console2 or ConEmu that renders unicode better than Windows prompt.

You may encounter errors with these terminals too because of wrong code-pages/encodings of Windows. There is a small python package that fixes them (sets them correctly):

1- Install this pip install win-unicode-console

2- Put this at the top of your python file:

try:
    # Fix UTF8 output issues on Windows console.
    # Does nothing if package is not installed
    from win_unicode_console import enable
    enable()
except ImportError:
    pass

If you got errors when redirecting to a file, you may fix it by settings io encoding:

On Windows command line:

SET PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8

On Linux/OS X terminal:

export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8

Some points

  • There is no need to use u"aaa" syntax in python 3. Strings literals are unicode by default.
  • Default coding of files is UTF8 in python 3 so coding declaration comment (e.g. # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-) is not needed.

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