numpy.core.defchararray.encode

numpy.core.defchararray.encode(a, encoding=None, errors=None) [source]

Calls str.encode element-wise.

The set of available codecs comes from the Python standard library, and may be extended at runtime. For more information, see the codecs module.

Parameters:	a : array_like of str or unicode encoding : str, optional The name of an encoding errors : str, optional Specifies how to handle encoding errors
Returns:	out : ndarray

See also

str.encode

Notes

The type of the result will depend on the encoding specified.