Python String decode() Method

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Description

The method decode() decodes the string using the codec registered for encoding. It defaults to the default string encoding.

Syntax

Str.decode(encoding='UTF-8',errors='strict')

Parameters

• encoding − This is the encodings to be used. For a list of all encoding schemes please visit: Standard Encodings.

• errors − This may be given to set a different error handling scheme. The default for errors is 'strict', meaning that encoding errors raise a UnicodeError. Other possible values are 'ignore', 'replace', 'xmlcharrefreplace', 'backslashreplace' and any other name registered via codecs.register_error().

Return Value

Decoded string.

Example

Live Demo

#!/usr/bin/python

Str = "this is string example....wow!!!";
Str = Str.encode('base64','strict');

print "Encoded String: " + Str
print "Decoded String: " + Str.decode('base64','strict')

Result

Encoded String: dGhpcyBpcyBzdHJpbmcgZXhhbXBsZS4uLi53b3chISE=
Decoded String: this is string example....wow!!!

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