Python: Convert String into Bytestring

Question

I want to decode a string, which is already encoded in UTF-8

"\x6d\xc3\xbc\x6c\x6c\x65\x72\x20\x69\x73\x74\x20\x63\x6f\x6f\x6c\x21"

I cannot find a way to decode a string without getting such a error message text_utf8 = text_utf8.decode("utf-8") AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'

Is there a way to force a string to decode?

EDIT: I can´t use a Bytestring because my program imports a string out of a text file

Is this what you are looking for: stackoverflow.com/a/65874499/9760731 — lcongdon
– lcongdon, Commented Jan 7, 2023 at 14:29
How are you reading the string from a file? Show your code. It should use open(filename, encoding='utf8'). — Mark Tolonen
– Mark Tolonen, Commented Jan 7, 2023 at 17:12

tomerar · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-07 14:20:02Z

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You can use bytes function

byte_string = bytes(text_utf8, "utf-8")
decoded_string = byte_string.decode("utf-8")

answered Jan 7, 2023 at 14:20

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lenz Over a year ago

This is just roundtripping without change. You'll get text_utf8 == decoded_string for any input.

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