numpy.char.encode

char.encode(a, encoding=None, errors=None)

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 of str or unicode

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.

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