What encoding do I need to display a GBP sign (pound sign) using python on cygwin in Windows XP?

Question

I have a python (2.5.4) script which I run in cygwin (in a DOS box on Windows XP). I want to include a pound sign (£) in the output. If I do so, I get this error:

Answer 1

try the encoding :

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

and then to display the '£' sign:

print unichr(163)