encoding in utf-8 python code example
Example 1: python open encoding utf-8
from io import open
f = open("test", mode="r", encoding="utf-8")
Example 2: python print utf-8
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TestText = "Test - āĀēĒčČ..šŠūŪžŽ" # this not UTF-8...it is a Unicode string in Python 3.X.
TestText2 = TestText.encode('utf8') # this is a UTF-8-encoded byte string.