codecs.decode() in Python

With the help of codecs.decode() method, we can decode the binary string into normal form by using codecs.decode() method.

Syntax : codecs.decode(b_string)

Return : Return the decoded string.

Example #1 :
In this example we can see that by using codecs.decode() method, we are able to get the decoded string which can be in binary form by using this method.




# import codecs
import codecs
  
s = b'w3wiki'
# Using codecs.decode() method
gfg = codecs.decode(s)
  
print(gfg)


Output :

w3wiki

Example #2 :




# import codecs
import codecs
  
s = b'I love python.'
# Using codecs.decode() method
gfg = codecs.decode(s)
  
print(gfg)


Output :

I love python.