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Python String encode() Method

Python string encode() method is used to encode the string using the specified encoding. If no encoding is specified then UTF-8 will be used for the encoding.

Syntax:

string.encode(encoding=encoding, errors=errors)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
encoding	This is an optional parameter. It defines a String specifying the encoding to use.
errors	This is an optional parameter. It defines a String specifying the error method.

Here is an example of Python encode() method:


txt = "My name is Jerry"
x = txt.encode()
print(x)

Output:
b'My name is Jerry'

Example 2:


txt = "Welcome to PHPTPÖÑT"
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="backslashreplace"))
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="ignore"))
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="namereplace"))
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="replace"))
print(txt.encode(encoding="ascii",errors="xmlcharrefreplace"))

Output:
b'Welcome to PHPTP\\xd6\\xd1T'
b'Welcome to PHPTPT'
b'Welcome to PHPTP\\N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS}\\N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE}T'
b'Welcome to PHPTP??T'
b'Welcome to PHPTPÖÑT'

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