Fix progress bar error on windows (blei-lab#849)

Resolves blei-lab#790
brandtoliver · Feb 7, 2018 · fc31d02 · fc31d02
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commit fc31d02
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/edward/util/progbar.py b/edward/util/progbar.py
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ def update(self, current, values=None, force=False):
     bar += ' '
     prog_width = int(self.width * float(current) / self.target)
     if prog_width > 0:
-      bar += ('█' * prog_width)
+      try:
+        bar += ('█' * prog_width)
+      except UnicodeEncodeError:
+        bar += ('*' * prog_width)
 
     bar += (' ' * (self.width - prog_width))
     sys.stdout.write(bar)