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# pandas.Series.str.encode

Series.str.encode(encoding, errors='strict')

  Encode character string in the Series/Index using indicated encoding.

  Equivalent to `str.encode()`.

  Parameters:
    encoding str

      Specifies the encoding to be used.

    errors str, optional

      Specifies the error handling scheme. Possible values are those supported by `str.encode()`.

  Returns:
    Series/Index of objects

      A Series or Index with strings encoded into bytes.

  See also

  `Series.str.decode`

    Decodes bytes into strings in a Series/Index.

  Examples

      >>> ser = pd.Series(["cow", "123", "()"])
      >>> ser.str.encode(encoding="ascii")
      0     b'cow'
      1     b'123'
      2      b'()'
      dtype: object