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tf.compat.as_text
Converts any string-like python input types to unicode.
tf.compat.as_text(
    bytes_or_text, encoding='utf-8'
)
  Returns the input as a unicode string. Uses utf-8 encoding for text by default.
| Args | |
|---|---|
bytes_or_text | 
      A bytes, str, or unicode object. | 
     
encoding | 
      A string indicating the charset for decoding unicode. | 
| Returns | |
|---|---|
A unicode (Python 2) or str (Python 3) object. | 
     
| Raises | |
|---|---|
TypeError | 
      If bytes_or_text is not a binary or unicode string. | 
     
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 https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r2.3/api_docs/python/tf/compat/as_text