numpy.core.defchararray.decode

numpy.core.defchararray.decode(a, encoding=None, errors=None)

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')