otp.ops.utf8_to_str#

utf8_to_str(value, encoding)#

Returns the specified string value re-encoded from UTF-8 to encoding.

Parameters:

value (str, Operation)
encoding (str, Operation)

Return type:

Operation

Examples

Encoding string literal:

>>> data = otp.Tick(A=otp.ops.utf8_to_str('español', encoding='ascii'))
>>> otp.run(data, encoding='utf-8')
        Time        A
0 2003-12-01  espaol

Encoding each string in a column:

>>> data = otp.Ticks(A=['hello', 'español'])
>>> data['X'] = otp.ops.utf8_to_str(data['A'], encoding='ascii')
>>> otp.run(data, encoding='utf-8')
                     Time        A        X
0 2003-12-01 00:00:00.000    hello    hello
1 2003-12-01 00:00:00.001  español  espaol