Definition
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)
Parameters
| 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: "backslashreplace" - uses a backslash instead of the character that could not be encoded "ignore" - ignores the characters that cannot be encoded "namereplace" - replaces the character with a text explaining the character "strict" - Default, raises an error on failure "replace" - replaces the character with a question mark "xmlcharrefreplace" - replaces the character with a xml character |
Examples:
myStr = "Hello Ståle!"
result = myStr.encode()
print(result)
# using ASCII encoding
print(myStr.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="backslashreplace"))
print(myStr.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="ignore"))
print(myStr.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="namereplace"))
print(myStr.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="replace"))
print(myStr.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="xmlcharrefreplace"))