pandas.Series.str.encode

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

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

Equivalent to str.encode().

Parameters:

encoding:str

errors:str, optional

Returns:

Series/Index of objects

Examples

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