Table of Contents
In this tutorial, we will learn about the Python bytes() method with the help of examples.
The bytes() method returns an immutable bytes object initialized with the given size and data.
Example
message = 'Python is fun' # convert string to bytes byte_message = bytes(message, 'utf-8') print(byte_message) # Output: b'Python is fun'
1. bytes() Syntax
The syntax of bytes() method is:
bytes(]])
bytes() method returns a bytes object which is an immutable (cannot be modified) sequence of integers in the range 0 <=x < 256.
If you want to use the mutable version, use the bytearray() method.
2. bytes() Parameters
bytes() takes three optional parameters:
- source (Optional) – source to initialize the array of bytes.
- encoding (Optional) – if the source is a string, the encoding of the string.
- errors (Optional) – if the source is a string, the action to take when the encoding conversion fails (Read more: String encoding)
The source parameter can be used to initialize the byte array in the following ways:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| String | Converts the string to bytes using str.encode() Must also provide encoding and optionally errors |
| Integer | Creates an array of provided size, all initialized to null |
| Object | A read-only buffer of the object will be used to initialize the byte array |
| Iterable | Creates an array of size equal to the iterable count and initialized to the iterable elements Must be iterable of integers between 0 <= x < 256 |
| No source (arguments) | Creates an array of size 0 |
3. bytes() Return Value
The bytes() method returns a bytes object of the given size and initialization values.
4. Example 1: Convert string to bytes
string = "Python is interesting." # string with encoding 'utf-8' arr = bytes(string, 'utf-8') print(arr)
Output
b'Python is interesting.'
5. Example 2: Create a byte of given integer size
size = 5 arr = bytes(size) print(arr)
Output
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
6. Example 3: Convert iterable list to bytes
rList = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] arr = bytes(rList) print(arr)
Output
b'\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05'
Related posts:
Python Program to Capitalize the First Character of a String
Python iter()
Deep Learning from Scratch - Building with Python form First Principles - Seth Weidman
Python String maketrans()
Python List clear()
Python Tuple index()
Python String upper()
Python List count()
Python exec()
Python Program to Count the Number of Each Vowel
Python any()
Python String partition()
Python dict()
Python Program to Iterate Through Two Lists in Parallel
Python Program to Display Powers of 2 Using Anonymous Function
Introduction to Machine Learning with Python - Andreas C.Muller & Sarah Guido
Python for Loop
Python String zfill()
Python callable()
Python String istitle()
Python Program to Check if a Number is Odd or Even
Python String translate()
Python round()
Python Deep Learning Cookbook - Indra den Bakker
Python super()
Python Namespace and Scope
Python Program to Convert Bytes to a String
Python String isspace()
Python Program to Check the File Size
Python Multiple Inheritance
Python Program to Solve Quadratic Equation
Python String isidentifier()
