Which encoding does dbm use to save data to bytes(python(And how to convert it back to a string?))?

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I mean that which type of encoding does dbm use in coding string to bytes? And how to convert it back to a string?

I mean like utf-8, aiise etc.. – LoneWolf Oct 26 '18 at 10:14 — LoneWolf, Oct 26 '18 at 10:14

peter bence · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26T10:31:41.890

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I guess that you mean encoding. So, a **dbm** database can only store strings, both as keys and values. In fact, it only stores bytes, and by default uses your default encoding if you give it Unicode strings.

You can test your system default encoding through:

For UNIX-based:

echo $LC_CTYPE

or

echo $LANG

For Windows using PowerShell:

[System.Text.Encoding]::Default

edited Oct 26 '18 at 10:31

answered Oct 26 '18 at 10:17

peter bence

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well, what does that mean? – LoneWolf Oct 26 '18 at 10:18
dbm doesn't perform any encryption, it just encodes Strings into bytes using default system encoding (where every system has default type of encoding, it is about how to convert bytes to string and vice versa), please follow the link in the answer in order to know more about it – peter bence Oct 26 '18 at 10:22
The commands you wrote in your answer doesn't check; they just raise that old ms-dos error – LoneWolf Oct 26 '18 at 10:26
what is your current OS? – peter bence Oct 26 '18 at 10:27
windows 8.1 is my os – LoneWolf Oct 26 '18 at 10:28

Which encoding does dbm use to save data to bytes(python(And how to convert it back to a string?))?

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