In Python, every entity is considered an object, and every object has some properties or functions associated with it called attributes. The dot operator (.
) is used to invoke these attributes.
In Python 2, the decode
attribute is associated with string objects. This function allows us to transform the encoded data to its original string. We can encode data in different formats and specify the type of encoding used in the decode
function as a parameter.
Sometimes we encounter this 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
error in Python. It is an AttributeError
, indicating that the decode
attribute is missing from the given string object.
We get this error because, in Python 3, all strings are automatically Unicode objects. Unicode is the format mainly used to encode data. This error is thrown if someone tries to decode a Unicode-encoded object in Python 3.
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