# Ascii codec can't encode character

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ascii-codec-cant-encode-character/35370>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [5 November 2020 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ascii-codec-cant-encode-character/35370 "2020-11-05T11:52:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![dclear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dclear/32/9107_2.png) [@dclear](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dclear)\
**Post date:** [5 November 2020 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ascii-codec-cant-encode-character/35370/1 "2020-11-05T11:52:12Z")

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Hi!

I'm using a Python script which returns the currently playing/on air DJs on the BBC at the moment. Has worked well for months. Now I find it actually fails if there's an apostrophe in the output. Can I fix this somehow?

The error, from `pythonshell in` is

```auto
exit code: 1, Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "script2.py", line 17, in <module>
    print g_data[5].text
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u2019' in position 7: ordinal not in range(128)

```

```auto
Clara Amfo
Radio 1 Dance
Ace
Ken Bruce
Essential Classics
Hip-hop’s Laughing Stock
Desert Island Discs Revisited
The Emma Barnett Show
Cricket
Mary Anne Hobbs

```

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dclear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dclear/32/9107_2.png) [@dclear](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dclear)\
**Post date:** [5 November 2020 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ascii-codec-cant-encode-character/35370/2 "2020-11-05T16:47:02Z")

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Solved this I think by using the `exec node` instead.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [4 January 2021 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ascii-codec-cant-encode-character/35370/3 "2021-01-04T16:47:11Z")

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Closed on 4 January 2021 16:47 UTC

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