Python String encode() Method

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Description

Python string method encode() returns an encoded version of the string. Default encoding is the current default string encoding. The errors may be given to set a different error handling scheme.

Syntax

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

Parameters

• encoding − This is the encodings to be used. For a list of all encoding schemes please visit: Standard Encodings.

• errors − This may be given to set a different error handling scheme. The default for errors is 'strict', meaning that encoding errors raise a UnicodeError. Other possible values are 'ignore', 'replace', 'xmlcharrefreplace', 'backslashreplace' and any other name registered via 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=