polars.Series.str.decode#

Series.str.decode(encoding: TransferEncoding, *, strict: bool = True) → Series[source]#

Decode values using the provided encoding.

Parameters:

encoding{‘hex’, ‘base64’}: The encoding to use.
strict: Raise an error if the underlying value cannot be decoded, otherwise mask out with a null value.

Returns:

Series: Series of data type Binary.

Examples

>>> s = pl.Series("color", ["000000", "ffff00", "0000ff"])
>>> s.str.decode("hex")
shape: (3,)
Series: 'color' [binary]
[
        b"\x00\x00\x00"
        b"\xff\xff\x00"
        b"\x00\x00\xff"
]