numpy.char.encode#

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

Calls str.encode 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 StringDType or str_ dtype
encodingstr, optional: The name of an encoding
errorsstr, optional: Specifies how to handle encoding errors

Returns:

outndarray

See also

str.encode

Notes

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

Examples

>>> import numpy as np
>>> a = np.array(['aAaAaA', '  aA  ', 'abBABba'])
>>> np.strings.encode(a, encoding='cp037')
array([b'ÁÁÁ', b'@@Á@@',
   b'ÂÁÂ'], dtype='|S7')