encode/decode method for string module (like in np.char.encode ) · Issue #1706 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

This is already in included in numpy but for convenience it would be nice to have this in pandas.

series.str.decode('utf-8')

is nicer than for example

series = Series(['a','b','ä'])
Series(np.char.decode(series.values.astype('|S255'), 'utf-8'))

I find myself having to decode and encode a lot depending on what other libraries accept/return.