Velocity Reviews - Encoding error

Casey Kohrt wrote:

> I get the following error for the list item below. I know I have to
> encode it, but am unsure how or where to write that in. I am new to
> python and have had good luck thus far. Any help is greatly
> apprecieated. I am not on the list, so a response to me is
> appreciated.
>
> UnicodeError: ASCII encoding error: ordinal not in range(128)
>
> eainfo = doc.createElement("eainfo")
> metadata.appendChild(eainfo)
> overview = doc.createElement("overview")
> eainfo.appendChild(overview)
> eaover = doc.createElement("eaover")
> text = doc.createTextNode(str(list[83]))
> eaover.appendChild(text)
> overview.appendChild(eaover)

Hmm, the code that you posted has several errors, and doesn't run.
You'll find it much easier to get help if you post instances of
running code that is giving you a problem. Also, a description of what
you're trying to achieve would be most helpful.

Here is a version of your code where I have fixed the errors, which
may or may not do something related to what you want.

#=======================================
import xml.dom.minidom

doc = xml.dom.minidom.parseString('<metadata/>')
metadata = doc.documentElement
eainfo = doc.createElement("eainfo")
metadata.appendChild(eainfo)
overview = doc.createElement("overview")
eainfo.appendChild(overview)
eaover = doc.createElement("eaover")
text = doc.createTextNode(chr(83))
#text = doc.createTextNode(' '*83) (?)
eaover.appendChild(text)
overview.appendChild(eaover)
print doc.toxml()
#=======================================

If I haven't even come close, then you really need to post actual
running code that you're using, and tell us where it's going wrong for
you.

HTH,

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