Convert Unicode to Byte in Python
Below, are the ways to convert a Unicode String to a Byte String In Python.
Convert A Unicode to Byte Using encode() with UTF-8
In this example, the Unicode string “Hello, w3wiki” is encoded into bytes using the UTF-8 encoding with the `encode()` method. The resulting `bytes_representation` is a sequence of bytes representing the UTF-8 encoded version of the original string.
Python3
unicode_string = "Hello, w3wiki"bytes_representation = unicode_string.encode('utf-8') print(bytes_representation) |
b'Hello, w3wiki'
Unicode To Byte Using encode() with a Different Encoding
In this example, the Unicode string is encoded into a byte string using the UTF-16 encoding with the `encode()` method. The resulting `byte_string_utf16` contains the UTF-16 encoded representation of the original string, which is then printed to the console.
Python3
unicode_string = "Hello, Noida"byte_string_utf16 = unicode_string.encode('utf-16') # Displaying the byte string print(byte_string_utf16) |
b'\xff\xfeH\x00e\x00l\x00l\x00o\x00,\x00 \x00N\x00o\x00i\x00d\x00a\x00'
Convert A Unicode String To Byte String Using bytes() Constructor
In this example, the Unicode string is converted to a byte string using the bytes() constructor with UTF-8 encoding. The resulting `byte_string_bytes` represents the UTF-8 encoded byte sequence of the mixed-language Unicode string.
Python3
unicode_string = "Hello, 你好"byte_string_bytes = bytes(unicode_string, 'utf-8') # Displaying the byte string print(byte_string_bytes) |
b'Hello, \xe4\xbd\xa0\xe5\xa5\xbd'
Python Unicode String to Byte String Using str.encode() Method
In this example, the Unicode string is transformed into a byte string using the str.encode() method with UTF-8 encoding. The resulting `byte_string_str_encode` represents the UTF-8 encoded byte sequence of the mixed-language Unicode string.
Python3
unicode_string = "Hello, Shivang"byte_string_str_encode = str.encode(unicode_string, 'utf-8') # Displaying the byte string print(byte_string_str_encode) |
b'Hello, Shivang'
Convert Unicode to Bytes in Python
Unicode, often known as the Universal Character Set, is a standard for text encoding. The primary objective of Unicode is to create a universal character set that can represent text in any language or writing system. Text characters from various writing systems are given distinctive representations by it.