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# numpy.core.defchararray.encode

`numpy.core.defchararray.``encode`(a, encoding=None, errors=None)

  Calls str.encode element-wise.

  The set of available codecs comes from the Python standard library, and may be extended at runtime. For more information, see the codecs module.

  Parameters: | a : array_like of str or unicode encoding : str, optional The name of an encoding errors : str, optional Specifies how to handle encoding errors
  Returns: | out : ndarray

  See also

  `str.encode`

  Notes

  The type of the result will depend on the encoding specified.