convert from string to byte python code example

Example 1: python string to bytes

s = 'abc'

# string to bytes using bytes()
b = bytes(s, encoding='utf-8')
print(type(b))							# <class 'bytes'>
print(b)								# b'abc'

# bytes to string using decode()
s = b.decode()
print('Original String =', s)			# Original String = abc
s = 'xyz'								

# string to bytes using encode()
b = s.encode(encoding='utf-8')
print(b)								# b'xyz'
s = b.decode()
print('Original String =', s)			# Original String = xyz

Example 2: python convert string to byte array

a_string = "abc"
encoded_string = a_string. encode()
byte_array = bytearray(encoded_string)
print(byte_array)