dask.dataframe.Series.str.decode

dask.dataframe.Series.str.decode

dataframe.Series.str.decode(encoding, errors: str = 'strict', dtype: str | DtypeObj | None = None)

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

This docstring was copied from pandas.core.strings.accessor.StringMethods.decode.

Some inconsistencies with the Dask version may exist.

Equivalent to str.decode() in python2 and bytes.decode() in python3.

Parameters
encodingstr
errorsstr, optional

Specifies the error handling scheme. Possible values are those supported by bytes.decode().

dtypestr or dtype, optional

The dtype of the result. When not None, must be either a string or object dtype. When None, the dtype of the result is determined by pd.options.future.infer_string.

New in version 2.3.0.

Returns
Series or Index

Examples

For Series:

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

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