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Angela Anders
1,844 Pointscraigs_lunch
I'm getting the following when I try to run an example in the training through the console. Is there a reason why I cannot get the emoji taco to show up like on the video?
treehouse:~/workspace$ python -i wishlist.py
Suggested gift: Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming - Mark Lutz
craigs_lunch = "\N(TACO)"
File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 0-1: malformed \N character escape
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsYour issue was different, the decoding was working but it did not display.
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsNamed escapes should have the name enclosed in braces instead of parentheses.
So instead of "\N(TACO)", try: "\N{TACO}".
Angela Anders
1,844 PointsOkie dokie. Makes sense. Thanks
Angel Miranda
2,434 Pointsdoes this example only work with TACO? I tried mikes_lunch = "\N{PIZZA}"but it tells me that its a unicode error. wanted to test the potential of this.
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsPerhaps just the name is the issue, try the unicode: mikes_lunch = "\U0001f355"
As a last resort you could also cut and paste the actual character 
<noob />
17,062 Points<noob />
17,062 PointsAngela Anders Hi :], i asked the same question and it appears that your computer does not support this. see this discussion; https://teamtreehouse.com/community/just-wanted-to-ask-why-i-dont-get-the-taco-emoji