Well this works. If you make the degree symbol in a text file, say "degreetest.txt" and read it in it displays it fine.
import sys, os
# Open the input file *
try:
intemplate = open("C:/data/degreetest.txt", "r")
except IOError:
print "screwup1"
# Read line.
try:
x = intemplate.readline()
except IOError:
print "screwup2"
print x
intemplate.close()
sys.exit("Finto")
also.....
Try this:
import unicodedata
b = unicodedata.lookup('DEGREE SIGN')
print b
and that will get your degree sign. So you can generate it in the script for use.
Paul