# numpy.char.encode

char.encode(a, encoding=None, errors=None)

  Calls str.encode element-wise.

  The set of available codecs comes from the Python standard library, and may be extended at runtime. For more information, see the codecs module.

  Parameters:
    a array_like of str or unicode
    encoding str, optional

      The name of an encoding

    errors str, optional

      Specifies how to handle encoding errors

  Returns:
    out ndarray

  See also

  `str.encode`

  Notes

  The type of the result will depend on the encoding specified.