Python 2.7: implementing encoding while writing CSV files with unicode characters
I'm testing a new approach and After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out. I'm working with issues when trying to write a CSV file in Python 2.7 that includes unicode characters. The data I'm working with contains non-ASCII characters (e.g., accented letters), and when I attempt to write it to a CSV file, I receive a `UnicodeEncodeError`. Here's a simplified version of what I'm doing: ```python import csv import unicodecsv data = [[u'Name', u'City'], [u'José', u'México'], [u'André', u'Bordeaux']] with open('output.csv', 'wb') as f: writer = unicodecsv.writer(f, encoding='utf-8') writer.writerows(data) ``` When I run this code, I get the following behavior: ``` UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec need to encode character u'\xe9' in position 1: ordinal not in range(128) ``` I’ve tried using `unicodecsv` which is supposed to handle unicode seamlessly, but it seems like the behavior is still happening. I've also tried switching the mode to `ab` instead of `wb`, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Is there a correct way to handle writing unicode characters to CSV files in Python 2.7? Any guidance or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. For context: I'm using Python on macOS. Any ideas what could be causing this? Am I missing something obvious? This issue appeared after updating to Python 3.11.