numpy.core.defchararray.decode¶
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numpy.core.defchararray.
decode
(a, encoding=None, errors=None)[source]¶ Calls str.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: a : array_like of str or unicode
encoding : str, optional
The name of an encoding
errors : str, optional
Specifies how to handle encoding errors
Returns: out : ndarray
See also
str.decode
Notes
The type of the result will depend on the encoding specified.
Examples
>>> c = np.array(['aAaAaA', ' aA ', 'abBABba']) >>> c array(['aAaAaA', ' aA ', 'abBABba'], dtype='|S7') >>> np.char.encode(c, encoding='cp037') array(['\x81\xc1\x81\xc1\x81\xc1', '@@\x81\xc1@@', '\x81\x82\xc2\xc1\xc2\x82\x81'], dtype='|S7')