I am just starting to get to grips with a Sense Hat I have recently
bought. (My coding skills are very limited)

I am trying to get it to display local weather using an rss feed.

This is my script

import feedparser
from sense_hat import SenseHat

sense = SenseHat()

d =
feedparser.parse("https://weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk/en/observation/rss/2643266")

print (d.feed.title)

for post in d.entries:
print (post.title)
sense.show_message(post.title)

It works fine but instead of a degree symbol a ? mark is displayed.
It seems the dgree symbol is missing from the sense hat.

It there anyway to filter the output and either strip the degree symbol
or subtitute it with the word 'degrees'

Dr Stephen Strange wrote:
> I am just starting to get to grips with a Sense Hat I have recently
> bought. (My coding skills are very limited)
>
> I am trying to get it to display local weather using an rss feed.
>
> This is my script
>
> import feedparser
> from sense_hat import SenseHat
>
> sense = SenseHat()
>
> d =
> feedparser.parse("https://weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk/en/observation/rss/2643266")
>
>
> print (d.feed.title)
>
> for post in d.entries:
>     print (post.title)
>     sense.show_message(post.title)
>
>
> It works fine but instead of a degree symbol a ? mark is displayed.
> It seems the dgree symbol is missing from the sense hat.
>
> It there anyway to filter the output and either strip the degree symbol
> or subtitute it with the word 'degrees'
In answer to my own question

sense.show_message(post.title.replace("°","'"))

Works

Dr Stephen Strange <no.spam@me.com> writes:

> Dr Stephen Strange wrote:
>> I am just starting to get to grips with a Sense Hat I have recently
>> bought. (My coding skills are very limited)
>> I am trying to get it to display local weather using an rss feed.
>> This is my script
>> import feedparser
>> from sense_hat import SenseHat
>> sense = SenseHat()
>> d =
>> feedparser.parse("https://weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk/en/observation/rss/2643266")
>> print (d.feed.title)
>> for post in d.entries:
>>     print (post.title)
>>     sense.show_message(post.title)
>>
>> It works fine but instead of a degree symbol a ? mark is displayed.
>> It seems the dgree symbol is missing from the sense hat.
>> It there anyway to filter the output and either strip the degree
>> symbol or subtitute it with the word 'degrees'
> In answer to my own question
>
> sense.show_message(post.title.replace("°","'"))
>
> Works

If it works for you, great. Otherwise you might want to set your locale
so that the degree symbol can actully be printed.

Anssi Saari wrote:

> Dr Stephen Strange writes:
>
>> sense.show_message(post.title.replace("°","'"))
>> Works
>
> If it works for you, great. Otherwise you might want to set your locale
> so that the degree symbol can actully be printed.

I think the "hat" might have limited character set/bitmap fonts (it's
display is just an 8x8 grid of LEDs

On 12/12/2023 17:39, Andy Burns wrote:
> Anssi Saari wrote:
>
>> Dr Stephen Strange writes:
>>
>>> sense.show_message(post.title.replace("°","'"))
>>> Works
>>
>> If it works for you, great. Otherwise you might want to set your locale
>> so that the degree symbol can actully be printed.
>
> I think the "hat" might have limited character set/bitmap fonts (it's
> display is just an 8x8 grid of LEDs

I had that problem with a ''7 segment" font...I cheated by dropping into
IIRC ARIAL font for the '°'...

If I had time I would edit that font...

But if the device won't display it, there's no point in sending it, is
there?

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