We have discussed the use of the decode() and str() methods, and provided examples of how to use them. In this article, we have covered different methods to convert bytes to strings in Python. It turns out that the str() is a little faster. Though, there are multiple methods for converting bytes to string in python, the most recommened way is to use the decode() method.įollowing is the performance of the decode() and str() functions for converting a string 1 Million times. While the str() constructor is a simpler method that can be used to create a string object directly from a bytes object.īelow is the table, showing the major differences between the decode() and str() for conversion of bytes to string: Method Character encoding Flexibility decode() Can specify any character encoding More flexible str() Limited to standard encodings such as ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16 Less flexible str() vs decode() The decode() method is used to convert a bytes object to a string by decoding it with a specified character encoding. String_utf8 = bytes(byte_array).decode('utf-8') # Convert byte array to string using the UTF-8 encoding To convert a byte array to a string, you can use the bytes() constructor to create a bytes object from the array, and then use the decode() method to convert the bytes object to a string.īyte_array = bytearray() # Convert byte string to string using UTF-8 encodingīyte with a smile emoji using UTF-16 encoding to a string:īyte_string = b'\xff\xfe(\x00?\x00?\x00)\x00' # Create a byte string with a non-ASCII characterīyte_string = b'sparkbyexamples is \xf0\x9f\x92\x93' Syntax of str() for bytes to string conversion:Ĭonverting bytes with UTF-8 encoding using the str() function:
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