# UTF-8 special characters "ñ" from Transform Script

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**Created:** [May 28, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/utf-8-special-characters-n-from-transform-script/91004 "2024-05-28T11:29:05Z")\
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You have used non-ASCII characters in jython string constants that do not support them. Use unicode string constants instead, using the `u"Mañana"` syntax. That lower-cause `u` before the first quote tells jython to handle the unicode characters correctly.

[https://docs.python.org/2.7/reference/lexical\_analysis.html#strings](https://docs.python.org/2.7/reference/lexical_analysis.html#strings)

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