# numpy.chararray.tobytes

`chararray.``tobytes`(order='C')

  Construct Python bytes containing the raw data bytes in the array.

  Constructs Python bytes showing a copy of the raw contents of data memory. The bytes object can be produced in either ‘C’ or ‘Fortran’, or ‘Any’ order (the default is ‘C’-order). ‘Any’ order means C-order unless the F_CONTIGUOUS flag in the array is set, in which case it means ‘Fortran’ order.

  New in version 1.9.0.

  Parameters: | order : {‘C’, ‘F’, None}, optional Order of the data for multidimensional arrays: C, Fortran, or the same as for the original array.
  Returns: | s : bytes Python bytes exhibiting a copy of a‘s raw data.

  Examples

      >>> x = np.array([[0, 1], [2, 3]])
      >>> x.tobytes()
      b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00'
      >>> x.tobytes('C') == x.tobytes()
      True
      >>> x.tobytes('F')
      b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00'