txt = "My name is Ståle"

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print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="backslashreplace"))

print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="ignore"))

print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="namereplace"))

print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="replace"))

print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="xmlcharrefreplace"))

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