numpy.char.decode#

char.decode(a, encoding=None, errors=None)[source]#

Calls bytes.decode element-wise.

The set of available codecs comes from the Python standard library, and may be extended at runtime. For more information, see the codecs module.

Parameters:

aarray_like, with bytes_ dtype
encodingstr, optional: The name of an encoding
errorsstr, optional: Specifies how to handle encoding errors

Returns:

outndarray

See also

bytes.decode

Notes

The type of the result will depend on the encoding specified.

Examples

>>> import numpy as np
>>> c = np.array([b'\x81\xc1\x81\xc1\x81\xc1', b'@@\x81\xc1@@',
...               b'\x81\x82\xc2\xc1\xc2\x82\x81'])
>>> c
array([b'\x81\xc1\x81\xc1\x81\xc1', b'@@\x81\xc1@@',
       b'\x81\x82\xc2\xc1\xc2\x82\x81'], dtype='|S7')
>>> np.strings.decode(c, encoding='cp037')
array(['aAaAaA', '  aA  ', 'abBABba'], dtype='<U7')