Python bytearray()

Python bytearray() Class

The bytearray() class is used to return a bytearray object which is an array of the specified bytes. It gives a mutable sequence of integers in the range 0 <= x < 256.

Syntax

class bytearray([source[, encoding[, errors]]])

Parameter

source[optional]: This parameter is used to Initialize the given array of bytes.

encoding[optional]: This parameter encoding the specified string.

errors[optional]: The error parameter takes action when encoding fails.

Return

It returns an array of bytes of the specified size.

Example 1

# Python program explaining
# bytearray() class 
inp_str = "HelloWorld"
# encoding the string with unicode 8 and 16
inp_array1 = bytearray(inp_str, 'utf-8')
inp_array2 = bytearray(inp_str, 'utf-16')
print(inp_array1)
print(inp_array2)

Output

bytearray(b'HelloWorld')
bytearray(b'\xff\xfeH\x00e\x00l\x00l\x00o\x00W\x00o\x00r\x00l\x00d\x00')