How to convert binary string to normal string in Python3

Question

For example  I have a string like this return value of subprocess check output     gt  gt  gt  b a string  b a string    Whatever I did to it  it is always printed with the annoying b  before the string    gt  gt  gt  print b a string   b a string   gt  gt  gt  print str b a string    b a string    Does anyone have any ideas about how to use it as a normal string or convert it into a normal string

User · Answer

If the answer from falsetru didn t work you could also try    gt  gt  gt  b a string  decode  utf-8    a string

User · Answer

Please  see oficial encode   and decode   documentation from codecs library  utf-8 is the default encoding for the functions  but there are severals standard encodings in Python 3  like latin 1 or utf 32

User · Answer

Decode it    gt  gt  gt  b a string  decode  ascii    a string    To get bytes from string  encode it    gt  gt  gt   a string  encode  ascii   b a string

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