Add note about UnicodeDecodeError

somacdivad · somacdivad · commit 65e041bc10b2 · 2019-09-10T01:36:46.000-05:00
diff --git a/ch13-interact-with-pdf-files/1-work-with-the-contents-of-a-pdf-file.py b/ch13-interact-with-pdf-files/1-work-with-the-contents-of-a-pdf-file.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
         text = input_file.getPage(page_num).extractText()
         output_file.write(text)
 
+# NOTE: On some machines, you may get a UnicodeDecodeError when
+# writing the file. To fix this, replace line 25 with the following:
+# with open(output_file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8")
 
 # Exercise 3
 # Save file without cover page
