Python, Unicode, and the Windows console

Question

When I try to print a Unicode string in a Windows console, I get a UnicodeEncodeError: \'charmap\' codec can\'t encode character .... error. I assume this is b

Answer 1

For Python 2 try:

print unicode(string, 'unicode-escape')

For Python 3 try:

import os
string = "002 Could've Would've Should've"
os.system('echo ' + string)

Or try win-unicode-console:

pip install win-unicode-console
py -mrun your_script.py