how to convert string of bytes string into string using python

Question

I got a string of bytes string like below:

string1 = "b'\xe6\x88\x91\xe4\xbb\xac \xe7\xb4\xa2\xe8\xa6\x81 \xe6\x8e\xa8\xe5\xb9\xbf \xe7\x9a\x84 \xe6\x98\xaf\xe4\xb8\x80 \xe5\xbe\x97 \xe6\x96\xb9\xe6\x96\xb9 \xe6\x96\xb9\xe8\xa8\x80 \xe4\xb8\xba\xe5\x9f\xba \xe7\xa1\x80 \xe6\x96\xb9\xe8\xa8\x80 \xe4\xb8\x80 \xe5\x8c\x97\xe4\xba\xac \xe5\xb7\xb2 \xe5\x9b\xa0 \xe4\xb8\xba \xe6\xa0\x87\xe5\x87\x86 \xe7\x9a\x84 \xe6\x99\xae\xe9\x80\x9a \xe8\xaf\x9d \xe4\xbb\x96 \xe4\xbb\x8e \xe5\x84\xbf\xe7\xab\xa5 \xe6\x97\xb6\xe4\xbb\xa3 \xe8\xb5\xb7 \xe5\xb0\xb1 \xe5\x96\x9c\xe6\xac\xa2 \xe4\xb8\x8b \xe5\x9b\xb4\xe6\xa3\x8b \xe5\x9c\xa8 \xe5\x8d\x81\xe4\xba\x94 \xe5\xb2\x81 \xe7\x9a\x84 \xe6\x97\xb6\xe5\x80\x99 \xe5\xb0\xb1 \xe6\x98\xaf\xe6\x9c\x89 \xe5\x90\x8d \xe5\x85\xb6 \xe5\xb0\x91 \xe4\xba\x86'"

I want to convert string of bytes string into string so that i could use decode function to normal result.

This should work too `str(string1)` if there is a problem you are facing trying to implement mine or RMRiver's solutions, please edit your question to explain that. — Thunder Coder, Jun 16 '21 at 08:56

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 19 '21 at 04:15

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First, put an r before it so that the \x keeps both characters. Then ast.literal_eval() will work.

import ast

string1 = r"b'\xe6\x88\x91\xe4\xbb\xac \xe7\xb4\xa2\xe8\xa6\x81 \xe6\x8e\xa8\xe5\xb9\xbf \xe7\x9a\x84 \xe6\x98\xaf\xe4\xb8\x80 \xe5\xbe\x97 \xe6\x96\xb9\xe6\x96\xb9 \xe6\x96\xb9\xe8\xa8\x80 \xe4\xb8\xba\xe5\x9f\xba \xe7\xa1\x80 \xe6\x96\xb9\xe8\xa8\x80 \xe4\xb8\x80 \xe5\x8c\x97\xe4\xba\xac \xe5\xb7\xb2 \xe5\x9b\xa0 \xe4\xb8\xba \xe6\xa0\x87\xe5\x87\x86 \xe7\x9a\x84 \xe6\x99\xae\xe9\x80\x9a \xe8\xaf\x9d \xe4\xbb\x96 \xe4\xbb\x8e \xe5\x84\xbf\xe7\xab\xa5 \xe6\x97\xb6\xe4\xbb\xa3 \xe8\xb5\xb7 \xe5\xb0\xb1 \xe5\x96\x9c\xe6\xac\xa2 \xe4\xb8\x8b \xe5\x9b\xb4\xe6\xa3\x8b \xe5\x9c\xa8 \xe5\x8d\x81\xe4\xba\x94 \xe5\xb2\x81 \xe7\x9a\x84 \xe6\x97\xb6\xe5\x80\x99 \xe5\xb0\xb1 \xe6\x98\xaf\xe6\x9c\x89 \xe5\x90\x8d \xe5\x85\xb6 \xe5\xb0\x91 \xe4\xba\x86'"
bytes1 = ast.literal_eval(string1)
print(bytes1.decode('utf8'))  # 我们 索要 ...

edited Jun 19 '21 at 04:15

Mark Tolonen

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answered Jun 16 '21 at 08:57

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did you try your solution? because it doesn't seem to work. – Thunder Coder Jun 16 '21 at 09:00
@ThunderCoder I tried it and it does work – BoarGules Jun 16 '21 at 09:00
@BoarGules, look here:https://ide.geeksforgeeks.org/nLLLyLwNxZ to understand why I said that. – Thunder Coder Jun 16 '21 at 09:01
I copied your code, the this link: https://ide.geeksforgeeks.org/nLLLyLwNxZ, and it doesn't seem to work there – Thunder Coder Jun 16 '21 at 09:02
@ThunderCoder I looked there. You did not attempt to convert the bytes to a string, which is what OP wants. Try `bytes1.decode()` to see what I mean. – BoarGules Jun 16 '21 at 09:03
@BoarGules, if that needs to be done, it should be shown in the answer. I copied and pasted it. – Thunder Coder Jun 16 '21 at 09:05
@ThunderCoder Question says *so that I could use decode function*. – BoarGules Jun 16 '21 at 09:06

how to convert string of bytes string into string using python

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