How to open a file using "filedialog.askopenfile" with "utf-8' encoding. I am able to open the file but it is opening with different encoding

from tkinter import filedialog

filename = filedialog.askopenfilename()
with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf8') as file:
    textfromfile = file.read()
    file.close()
print(textfromfile)

The sample above pops up a filedialog, lets you choose a file, loads the file in reading modus, with utf-8 encoding, and prints it to the console.

I used this workaround with filedialog.askopenfilename() because the filedialog.askopenfile() method scrambled some of the characters in my textfiles ('ë' among others).

Now it works fine, since the original texts I use are all utf-8 encoded.

ProgrammerAnswered 1 years ago · Answer 2

Check out this example,

# open a file
file_object = open('sample.txt')

# read the file content
data = file_object.read()

# print file content
print(data)

#close the file
file_object.close()

Python: Open a file using “open with” statement & benefits explained with examples Leave a Comment / FileHandling, Python / By Varun

This is a sample file.
It contains some sample string.
you are going to use it.
Thanks.

Python: Open a file using “open with” statement & benefits explained with examples Leave a Comment / FileHandling, Python / By Varun

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'sample.txt'

Check out this code

# File is not closed in case of exception
try:
    # open a file
    file_object = open('sample.txt')
    # read file content
    data = file_object.read()
    # It will raise an exception
    x = 1 / 0
    print(data)
    file_object.close()
except:
    # Handling the exception
    print('An Error')
finally:
    if file_object.closed == False:
        print('File is not closed')
    else:
        print('File is closed')

Python: Open a file using “open with” statement & benefits explained with examples Leave a Comment / FileHandling, Python / By Varun

An Error
File is not closed

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