BUG: UnicodeDecodeError in SeriesFormatter when series name is unicode

Author: y-p

pandas/core/format.py

@@ -78,8 +78,15 @@ def _get_footer(self):
 
             if footer and self.series.name:
                 footer += ', '
-            footer += ("Name: %s" % str(self.series.name)
-                       if self.series.name is not None else '')
+
+            if self.series.name and \
+            not isinstance(self.series.name,basestring):
+                series_name=str(self.series.name)
+            else:
+                series_name=self.series.name
+
+            footer += (("Name: %s" % series_name)
+                       if series_name is not None else '')
 
         if self.length:
             if footer:

pandas/tests/test_format.py

@@ -694,6 +694,11 @@ def test_to_string_float_na_spacing(self):
                     '4       NaN')
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
+    def test_unicode_name_in_footer(self):
+        s=Series([1,2],name=u'\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea')
+        sf=fmt.SeriesFormatter(s,name=u'\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea')
+        sf._get_footer() # should not raise exception
+
 class TestEngFormatter(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_eng_float_formatter(self):