Python Error "TypeError: 'Encoding' Is An Invalid Keyword Argument For This Function"

347 Asked by AlanTaylor in Python , Asked on Nov 17, 2022

I have a tine code snippet and it gives me the following error:

TypeError: 'encoding' is an invalid keyword argument for this function

code:
import numpy as np
trump = open('speeches.txt', encoding='utf8').read()
# display the data
print(trump)

Answered by Alexander Coxon

Regarding the typeerror: 'encoding' is an invalid keyword argument for this function -

using io.open() instead of open removed this error for me eg:

import io

with io.open('gaeilge_flashcard_mode.txt','r', encoding='utf8') as file:

    for line in file:

        line1 = line.rstrip().split("=")

        key = line1[0]

        trans = line1[1]

        PoS = line1[2]

        Flashcards(key, trans, PoS)

Python Error "TypeError: 'Encoding' Is An Invalid Keyword Argument For This Function"

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