mindspore.dataset.text.to_bytes

mindspore.dataset.text.to_bytes(array, encoding='utf8')[source]

Convert NumPy array of str to array of bytes by encoding each element based on charset encoding.

Parameters

array (numpy.ndarray) – Array of str type representing strings.
encoding (str) – Indicating the charset for encoding (default=’utf8’).

Returns

numpy.ndarray, NumPy array of bytes.

Examples

>>> import numpy as np
>>>
>>> data = np.array([["1", "2", "3"]], dtype=np.str_)
>>> dataset = ds.NumpySlicesDataset(data, column_names=["text"])
>>> for item in dataset.create_dict_iterator(num_epochs=1, output_numpy=True):
...     bytes_data = text.to_bytes(item["text"])