Convert Bytes to String in Python

Convert Bytes to String in Python Using decode()

# Convert Bytes to String in Python Using decode() 

data = b'Welcome to Newtum Solutions'

# display input
print('\nInput:')
print(data)
print(type(data))

# converting
output = data.decode()

# display output
print('\nOutput:')
print(output)
print(type(output))

Output:

Input:
b'Welcome to Newtum Solutions'
<class 'bytes'>

Output:
Welcome to Newtum Solutions
<class 'str'>

Convert Bytes to String in Python Using str()

# Convert Bytes to String in Python Using str() 
data = b'Newtum Solutions'

# display input
print('\nInput:')
print(data)
print(type(data))

# converting
output = str(data, 'UTF-8')

# display output
print('\nOutput:')
print(output)
print(type(output))

Output:

Input:
b'Welcome to Newtum Solutions'
<class 'bytes'>

Output:
Welcome to Newtum Solutions
<class 'str'>

Convert Bytes to String in Python Using codecs.decode()

# Convert Bytes to String in Python Using codecs.decode() 

# import required module
import codecs

data = b'Welcome to Newtum Solutions'

# display input
print('\nInput:')
print(data)
print(type(data))

# converting
output = codecs.decode(data)

# display output
print('\nOutput:')
print(output)
print(type(output))

Output:

Input:
b'Welcome to Newtum Solutions'
<class 'bytes'>

Output:
Welcome to Newtum Solutions
<class 'str'>

Convert Bytes to String in Python Using map() 

# Convert Bytes to String in Python Using map() 


ascII = [108, 114, 105]

string = ''.join(map(chr, ascII))
print(string)

Output:

lri

Convert Bytes to String in Python Using pandas

# Convert Bytes to String in Python Using pandas 


import pandas as pd
dic = {'column' : [ b'CD', b'DVD', b'Remote', b'Camera']}
data = pd.DataFrame(data=dic)

x = data['column'].str.decode("utf-8")
print(x)

Output:

0        CD
1       DVD
2    Remote
3    Camera
Name: column, dtype: object