Python Error "SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe2' in file C:/path/ on line 3, but no encoding declared"

Question

I'm trying to execute a code and I get the following error

SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe2' in file C:/path/ on line 3, but no encoding declared

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv(“C:\Users\Kamal\Desktop\Desktop\datasets\ex.xls”)

for index, row in df.iterrows():

    print (row['email'])

Answer 1

You should add the following line on top of your python code:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

Also, avoid using non-ASCII quotations.

Hope this answer helps you!

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