tf.compat.as_text

Converts any string-like python input types to unicode.

Main aliases

tf.compat.as_str

Compat aliases for migration

See Migration guide for more details.

tf.compat.v1.compat.as_str, tf.compat.v1.compat.as_text

Returns the input as a unicode string. Uses utf-8 encoding for text by default.

bytes_or_text A bytes, str, or unicode object.
encoding A string indicating the charset for decoding unicode.

A unicode (Python 2) or str (Python 3) object.

TypeError If bytes_or_text is not a binary or unicode string.