Fix UnicodeDecodeError in Python | 'charmap' codec can't decode byte [UTF-8 Solution]

Having trouble with this Python error?

UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d...

This error happens when reading a file with characters not supported by your system’s default encoding (like cp1252 on Windows). The fix? Use UTF-8 encoding.

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📌 Code Fix:

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