Is there any way to decode String using unknown codec?

[howmuchistoday]

Hi
I'm a Korean and when I use modules like sys, os, &c,
sometimes the interpreter show me broken strings like
'\x13\xb3\x12\xc8'.
It mustbe the Korean "alphabet" but I can't decode it to the rightway.
I tried to decode it using codecs like cp949,mbcs,utf-8
but It failed.
The only way I found is eval('\x13\xb3\x12\xc8').
It raises an Error with showing right Korean.
Is there any way to deal it being not broken?

 

[Benjamin Kaplan]

Hi
I'm a Korean and when I use modules like sys, os, &c,
sometimes the interpreter show me broken strings like
'\x13\xb3\x12\xc8'.
It mustbe the Korean "alphabet" but I can't decode it to the rightway.
I tried to decode it using codecs like cp949,mbcs,utf-8
but It failed.
The only way I found is eval('\x13\xb3\x12\xc8').
It raises an Error with showing right Korean.
Is there any way to deal it being not broken?
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It's not broken. You're just using the wrong encodings. Try utf-16le.

 

[MRAB]

Hi
I'm a Korean and when I use modules like sys, os, &c,
sometimes the interpreter show me broken strings like
'\x13\xb3\x12\xc8'.
It mustbe the Korean "alphabet" but I can't decode it to the rightway.
I tried to decode it using codecs like cp949,mbcs,utf-8
but It failed.
The only way I found is eval('\x13\xb3\x12\xc8').
It raises an Error with showing right Korean.
Is there any way to deal it being not broken?

It might be UTF-16:
'댓젒'

I don't know Korean, but that looks reasonable!

 

[Dieter Maurer]

I'm a Korean and when I use modules like sys, os, &c,
sometimes the interpreter show me broken strings like
'\x13\xb3\x12\xc8'.
It mustbe the Korean "alphabet" but I can't decode it to the rightway.
I tried to decode it using codecs like cp949,mbcs,utf-8
but It failed.
The only way I found is eval('\x13\xb3\x12\xc8').

This looks as if "sys.stdout/sys.stderr" knew the correct encoding.
Check it like this:

import sys
sys.stdout.encoding

 

[howmuchistoday]

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2012ë…„ 6ì›” 28ì¼ ëª©ìš”ì¼ ì˜¤ì „ 11ì‹œ 20분 28ì´ˆ UTC+9, Benjamin Kaplan ë‹˜ì˜ ë§:

It's not broken. You're just using the wrong encodings. Try utf-16le.

Thank you guys. The problem is solved!

 

[howmuchistoday]

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2012ë…„ 6ì›” 28ì¼ ëª©ìš”ì¼ ì˜¤ì „ 11ì‹œ 20분 28ì´ˆ UTC+9, Benjamin Kaplan ë‹˜ì˜ ë§:

It's not broken. You're just using the wrong encodings. Try utf-16le.

Thank you guys. The problem is solved!