Python Source Code File Encoding

encoding_file.py

# coding: utf-8

from __future__ import print_function

original_string = 'abc∂´ƒ©'
unicode_literal = u'abc∂´ƒ©'
unicode_string = 'abc∂´ƒ©'.decode('utf-8')

print('Original String =', original_string)
print('Type =', type(original_string))
print('Representation =', repr(original_string))
print('----------')

print('Unicode Literal =', unicode_literal)
print('Type =', type(unicode_literal))
print('Representation =', repr(unicode_literal))
print('----------')

print('Unicode String =', unicode_string)
print('Type =', type(unicode_string))
print('Representation =', repr(unicode_string))