bytes().decode proviedes neither Error nor Output

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print(bytes(97).decode('utf8'))

This line is part of my project and its giving me a headache for a while now, If I run this the Output is just an empty space, no Error or anything else. The 97 came from encoding the 'a' with utf8. I want do work with the encoded numbers so I changed them to Integers, but I cant get them to decode once I'm done working with them

Possible duplicate of [Converting int to bytes in Python 3](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21017698/converting-int-to-bytes-in-python-3) — Carlos Gonzalez, Mar 12 '19 at 09:38

Carlos Gonzalez · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-12T11:15:51.227

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So if you run bytes(97) the output is b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\... but if you run bytes([97]) you get b'a' which I assume is what you expected.

EDIT:

I just found this question which explains the why:

Converting int to bytes in Python 3

edited Mar 12 '19 at 11:15

answered Mar 12 '19 at 09:36

Carlos Gonzalez

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bytes().decode proviedes neither Error nor Output

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