convert a string from encoding utf8 to 850

Question

I have a string encoded in utf8 and I want to convert it to 850 (encoding). I have done it with R like this but I don't know how to do it in Python: iconv(curve1,"UTF-8", "850", toRaw = TRUE)

Thank you!!

Answer 1

For python 3.9

#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
import sys
a = 'This is a bit русские буквы.'
print ("sys.stdout.encoding",sys.stdout.encoding)
print('Original string:', a)
# Encoding in utf-8
encoded_bytes = a.encode('utf-8', 'replace')
print('Encoded string:', encoded_bytes)


decoded_cp1251 = encoded_bytes.decode('cp1251', 'replace')
decoded_cp866 = encoded_bytes.decode('cp866', 'replace')
decoded_utf8 = encoded_bytes.decode('utf-8', 'replace')

sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='cp1251')
print ("sys.stdout.encoding",sys.stdout.encoding)
print('Decoded string: 1251', decoded_cp1251)
sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='cp866')
print ("sys.stdout.encoding",sys.stdout.encoding)
print('Decoded string: 866', decoded_cp866)
sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
print ("sys.stdout.encoding",sys.stdout.encoding)
print('Decoded string: utf-8', decoded_utf8)

Output for example

PS C:\Users\Dmitry\PycharmProjects\python_sqlplus> python .\test_decode2.py
sys.stdout.encoding utf-8
Original string: This is a bit русские буквы.
Encoded string: b'This is a bit \xd1\x80\xd1\x83\xd1\x81\xd1\x81\xd0\xba\xd0\xb8\xd0\xb5 \xd0\xb1\xd1\x83\xd0\xba\xd0\xb2\xd1\x8b.'
sys.stdout.encoding cp1251
Decoded string: 1251 This is a bit русские буквы.
sys.stdout.encoding cp866
Decoded string: 866 This is a bit русские буквы.
sys.stdout.encoding utf-8
Decoded string: utf-8 This is a bit русские буквы.
PS C:\Users\Dmitry\PycharmProjects\python_sqlplus>

Answer 2

Try this

string_utf = "your utf-8 encoded string"
string_cp850 = string_utf.encode(encoding='cp850')