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The documentation for fileobject.encoding mentions that it can be None, and in that case, the "system default encoding" is used.
How can I find out what this encoding is?
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For a quick check via terminal: python -c "import sys; print(sys. getdefaultencoding())" .
You can view or change this default in the Tools : Options (for Windows & Linux) or Preferences (for Mac) dialog, in the General section. If you don't set a default encoding, files will be opened using UTF-8 (on Mac desktop, Linux desktop, and server) or the system's default encoding (on Windows).
Default Encoding under Microsoft Windows. All modern operating systems use Unicode. Unix operating system family use UTF-8 encoding by default. Microsoft Windows had migrated to Wide/UTF-16 API.
8. What is the default value of encoding in encode()? Explanation: The default value of encoding is utf-8.
You should use sys.getdefaultencoding()
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