bytes()
Published Jun 19, 2021Updated Sep 3, 2021
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Returns a byte immutable object representing the given bytes of an object.
Syntax
bytes(source, encoding, error)
Parameters
source(optional): specifies the source to initialize the byte represented object.encoding(optional): specifies the encoding method of the object.errors(optional): specifies the action to take in case of error.
Example 1
Use bytes() to encode the string "Welcome to Codecademy!" to unicode utf-8 and print the number of bytes in the string:
print(bytes("Welcome to Codecademy!", "utf-8"))print(len(bytes("Welcome to Codecademy!", "utf-8")))
The output would be:
b'Welcome to Codecademy!'
22
Example 2
Use bytes() to encode the integer 3, and print the number of bytes in the integer:
Example 3
Use bytes() to encode the list of integers [5, 6, 7], and print the number of bytes in the list:
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