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File contains non-ASCII character

Reports cases in Python 2 when a file contains non-ASCII characters and does not have an encoding declaration at the top.

Example:

class A(object): # №5 def __init__(self): pass

In this example, the IDE reports a non-ASCII symbol in a comment and a lack of encoding declaration. Apply the proposed quick-fix to add a missing encoding declaration:

# coding=utf-8 class A(object) # №5 def __init__(self): pass

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PyNonAsciiChar
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Python

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the File contains non-ASCII character inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Select default encoding

Default setting: utf-8

Other available settings:

  • ascii

  • big5

  • big5hkscs

  • cp037

  • cp424

  • cp437

  • cp500

  • cp720

  • cp737

  • cp775

  • cp850

  • cp852

  • cp855

  • cp856

  • cp857

  • cp858

  • cp860

  • cp861

  • cp862

  • cp863

  • cp864

  • cp865

  • cp866

  • cp869

  • cp874

  • cp875

  • cp932

  • cp949

  • cp950

  • cp1006

  • cp1026

  • cp1140

  • cp1250

  • cp1251

  • cp1252

  • cp1253

  • cp1254

  • cp1255

  • cp1256

  • cp1257

  • cp1258

  • euc-jp

  • euc-jis-2004

  • euc-kr

  • gb2312

  • gbk

  • gb18030

  • hz

  • iso2022-jp

  • iso2022-jp-1

  • iso2022-jp-2

  • iso2022-jp-2004

  • iso2022-jp-3

  • iso2022-jp-ext

  • iso2022-kr

  • latin-1

  • iso8859-2

  • iso8859-3

  • iso8859-4

  • iso8859-5

  • iso8859-6

  • iso8859-7

  • iso8859-8

  • iso8859-9

  • iso8859-10

  • iso8859-13

  • iso8859-14

  • iso8859-15

  • iso8859-16

  • johab

  • koi8-r

  • koi8-u

  • mac-cyrillic

  • mac-greek

  • mac-iceland

  • mac-latin2

  • mac-roman

  • mac-turkish

  • ptcp154

  • shift-jis

  • shift-jis-2004

  • shift-jisx0213

  • utf-32

  • utf-32-be

  • utf-32-le

  • utf-16

  • utf-16-be

  • utf-16-le

  • utf-7

  • utf-8-sig

Encoding comment format

Default setting: # coding=<encoding name>

Other available settings:

  • # -*- coding: <encoding name> -*-

  • # vim: set fileencoding=<encoding name>

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

CLion 2024.2, PyCharm 2024.2,

Can be installed with plugin:

Python Community Edition, 242.22900

Last modified: 11 September 2024