title: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' Visual Studio Code using Python 3.5.2
body: <p>I'm using Visual Studio Code, Python 3.5.2, Windows 10</p>
  
  <pre><code>print("£")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>produces 2 symbols that I'm not familiar with.</p>
  
  <pre><code>input("Enter pound sign: ") -&gt; £
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>produces the error:
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x9c in position 0: invalid start byte</p>
  
  <p>The above examples work perfectly using Python IDLE.
  I've tried changing the Encoding within Visual Studio Code with no success.</p>
  
  <p>I've used Python 3.5.2 for some time now I never have this problem using Sublime Text 3.</p>
  
  <p>Advice on solving this issue would be much appreciated.</p>