`numpy.strings:decode`

source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/numpy/_core/strings.py:535

Signature

def decode(a, encoding = None, errors = None)

Summary

Calls bytes.decode element-wise.

Extended Summary

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, with ``bytes_`` dtype
encoding : str, optional: The name of an encoding
errors : str, optional: Specifies how to handle encoding errors

Returns

out : ndarray

Notes

The type of the result will depend on the encoding specified.

Examples

import numpy as np
c = np.array([b'\x81\xc1\x81\xc1\x81\xc1', b'@@\x81\xc1@@',
              b'\x81\x82\xc2\xc1\xc2\x82\x81'])
c
np.strings.decode(c, encoding='cp037')

✓

array(['aAaAaA', '  aA  ', 'abBABba'], dtype='<U7')

Aliases

numpy.char.decode