Python String to bytes

In this post, we will see how to convert String to bytes in Python.

There are two ways to convert String to bytes in Python.

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Using bytes() constructor

You can use bytes() constructor to convert String to bytes in Python. You need to pass string and encoding as argument.
Here is an example:


str1 = 'java2blog';
byte1 = bytes(str1, encoding='utf-8')
print(byte1)
print(type(byte1))

str1 = 'java2blog';

byte1 = bytes(str1, encoding='utf-8')

print(byte1)

print(type(byte1))

Output:

b’java2blog’

You can also you string’s encode() method to convert String to byte.


str2 = 'python';
byte2 = str2.encode(encoding='utf-8')
print(byte2)
print(type(byte2))

str2 = 'python';

byte2 = str2.encode(encoding='utf-8')

print(byte2)

print(type(byte2))

Output:

b’python’

That’s all about Python String to bytes.

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