dask.dataframe.Series.str.decode

dask.dataframe.Series.str.decode

dataframe.Series.str.decode(encoding, errors: str = 'strict')

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
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