Python String encode() Method
Definition and Usage
The encode() method encodes the string,
using the specified encoding. If no encoding is specified, UTF-8 will be used.
Syntax
string.encode(encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
Parameter Values
| Parameter | Description | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| encoding | Optional. A String specifying the encoding to use. Default is UTF-8 | ||||||||||||
| errors | Optional. A String specifying the error method. Legal values are:
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More Examples
Example
These examples uses ascii encoding, and a character that cannot be encoded, showing the result with different errors:
txt = "My name is Ståle"
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="backslashreplace"))
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="ignore"))
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="namereplace"))
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="replace"))
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="xmlcharrefreplace"))
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