bytearray()

Returns an array of the given bytes of an object.

Syntax

bytearray(source, encoding, error)

Parameters

• source (optional): specifies the source to initialize the bytearray.
• encoding(optional): specifies the encoding method of the object.
• errors (optional): specifies the action to take in case of error.

Example 1

Use bytearray() to encode the string "Welcome to Codecademy!" to unicode utf-8 and utf-32, and print the length of each bytearray. Note that a source and encoding parameter must be provided for encoding string data:

array_1 = bytearray("Welcome to Codecademy!", "utf-8")
array_2 = bytearray("Welcome to Codecademy!", "utf-32")

print(array_1)
print(len(array_1))

print(array_2)
print(len(array_2))

The output would be:

bytearray(b'Welcome to Codecademy!')
22

bytearray(b'\xff\xfe\x00\x00W\x00\x00\x00e\x00\x00\x00l\x00\x00\x00c\x00\x00\x00o\x00\x00\x00m\x00\x00\x00e\x00\x00\x00 \x00\x00\x00t\x00\x00\x00o\x00\x00\x00 \x00\x00\x00C\x00\x00\x00o\x00\x00\x00d\x00\x00\x00e\x00\x00\x00c\x00\x00\x00a\x00\x00\x00d\x00\x00\x00e\x00\x00\x00m\x00\x00\x00y\x00\x00\x00!\x00\x00\x00')
92

Example 2

Use bytearray() to encode the integer 5, and print the length of the bytearray:

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Example 3

Use bytearray() to encode the list of integers [5, 6, 7], and print the length of the bytearray:

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