Convert encoding of a csv file from utf-8 to shift-jis in python

Question

I have a CSV file with utf-8 encoding. I want to change it's to shift-jis csv file using python code. Is it possible? How can i do it?

Answer 1

This sounds like task for codecs (it is part of standard library). Two codecs.open might be used if you want to just change encoding following way

import codecs
with codecs.open("file1.csv","r",encoding="utf_8") as fin:
    with codecs.open("file2.csv","w",encoding="shift_jis") as fout:
        fout.write(fin.read())

above code assumes that you have UTF-8 encoded file file1.csv and what to create shitf-jis encoded file2.csv and you have enough RAM space free to load whole file there. Be warned that in Standard Encodings following shift_jis encoding are available

• shift_jis
• shift_jis_2004
• shift_jisx0213

I do not know difference between them, so you would need yourself which one you actually need to use.