Python String Encode() Method

Description

The encode() method in Python String is known to return an encoded version of the string. The current default string encoding is the default encoding. The errors might be given to a set of varied error handling schemes.

Syntax

str.encode(encoding='UTF-8',errors='strict')

Parameters

• encoding - This is the encodings that are to be used. For a list of complete encoding schemes please visit the Standard Encodings.
• errors - This may be provided to set varied error handling schemes. The default for errors is 'strict', meaning that encoding errors raise a UnicodeError. Other possible values are 'ignore', 'xmlcharrefreplace', 'replace', 'backslashreplace' and many other name which is registered through codecs.register_error().

Return Value

Decoded string.

Example

#!/usr/bin/python

str = "this is string example....wow!!!";
print "Encoded String: " + str.encode('base64','strict')

Result

Encoded String: dGhpcyBpcyBzdHJpbmcgZXhhbXBsZS4uLi53b3chISE=

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