How can I convert file encodings in Python?

How can I convert file encodings in Python?

You can use the built-in codecs module or the open() function with the encoding parameter to convert file encodings.

Can you show me an example of converting a UTF-8 file to ISO-8859-1?

Sure! Here's a simple example:

import codecs

# Read the UTF-8 file
with codecs.open('file_utf8.txt', 'r', 'utf-8') as f:
    content = f.read()

# Write to an ISO-8859-1 file
with codecs.open('file_iso8859.txt', 'w', 'iso-8859-1') as f:
    f.write(content)

What if the original file has characters that can't be encoded in ISO-8859-1?

In that case, you can handle errors by using the errors parameter in the open() function, like this:

with codecs.open('file_iso8859.txt', 'w', 'iso-8859-1', errors='ignore') as f:
    f.write(content)
``` This will skip characters that can't be encoded.