# Problem with cyrillic character in tag name **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-cyrillic-character-in-tag-name/5533 "2012-12-06T06:29:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dymytr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@dymytr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dymytr)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-cyrillic-character-in-tag-name/5533/1 "2012-12-06T06:29:21Z")
Hello All! I write in script simple code: `TagVal = system.tag.read(u"KTS_SQL/K-18/Tоп_К18")`Tag name in this sample is contain cyrillic character. When this script is start, I get an error: [code]Traceback (most recent call last): File “event:visionWindowOpened”, line 1, in ValueError: Illegal character ‘?’ (Line 1 , Char 15) Ignition v7.5.3 (b1163) Java: Oracle Corporation 1.7.0\_07 [/code] What’s solution? Thanks! P.S.: I am so sorry for my bad English. ---
**Author:** ![Michael.Stofan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.stofan/32/3342_2.png) [@Michael.Stofan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michael.Stofan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-cyrillic-character-in-tag-name/5533/2 "2012-12-06T19:09:32Z")
system.tag.read() only takes in a string as an argument, so in this case you won’t want to have anything in there that is outside of the quotes. ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-cyrillic-character-in-tag-name/5533/3 "2012-12-06T19:40:44Z")
I think he’s saying to try this: ```auto TagVal = system.tag.read("KTS_SQL/K-18/Tоп_К18") ``` ---
**Author:** ![dymytr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@dymytr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dymytr)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-cyrillic-character-in-tag-name/5533/4 "2012-12-06T23:21:16Z")
[quote=“nathan”]I think he’s saying to try this: `TagVal = system.tag.read("KTS_SQL/K-18/Tоп_К18")`[/quote]I get a same error. I try this:`TagVal = system.tag.read("KTS_SQL/K-18/Tоп_К18")`and this`TagVal = system.tag.read('KTS_SQL/K-18/Tоп_К18')`and`TagVal = system.tag.read(u'KTS_SQL/K-18/Tоп_К18')`All result the same error. ☹ I was update Ignition to version 7.5.4 and try execute samples code - changed nothing. 😢 I was sure that in names of tags there can be unicode charakters. What’s wrong? ---
**Author:** ![dymytr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@dymytr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dymytr)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-cyrillic-character-in-tag-name/5533/5 "2012-12-06T23:32:25Z")
[quote=“michael.stofan”]system.tag.read() only takes in a string as an argument, so in this case you won’t want to have anything in there that is outside of the quotes.[/quote]Char ‘u’ before quotes is common unicode prefix in Ignition. Isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-cyrillic-character-in-tag-name/5533/6 "2012-12-07T00:50:31Z")
Yes, it’s a unicode prefix for Python. I don’t think that’s the issue here - there may just be a bug. We will look into it further.