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PythonStringencode()convertsastringvalueintoacollectionofbytes,usinganencodingschemespecifiedbytheuser.PythonStringencode()MethodSyntax:Syntax:encode(encoding,errors)Parameters: encoding:Specifiestheencodingonthebasisofwhichencodinghastobeperformed. errors:Decideshowtohandletheerrorsiftheyoccur,e.g‘strict’raisesUnicodeerrorincaseofexceptionand‘ignore’ignorestheerrorsthatoccurred.Therearesixtypesoferrorresponsestrict–defaultresponsewhichraisesaUnicodeDecodeErrorexceptiononfailureignore–ignorestheunencodableunicodefromtheresultreplace–replacestheunencodableunicodetoaquestionmark?xmlcharrefreplace–insertsXMLcharacterreferenceinsteadofunencodableunicodebackslashreplace–insertsa\uNNNNescapesequenceinsteadofunencodableunicodenamereplace–insertsa\N{…}escapesequenceinsteadofunencodableunicodeReturn: ReturnsthestringintheencodedformPythonStringencode()MethodExample:Python3print("¶".encode('utf-8'))Output:b'\xc2\xb6'Example1:CodetoprintencodingschemesavailableTherearecertainencodingschemessupportedbyPythonStringencode()method.WecangetthesupportedencodingsusingthePythoncodebelow.Python3fromencodings.aliasesimportaliases #Printinglistavailableprint("Theavailableencodingsare:")print(aliases.keys())Output: Theavailableencodingsare: 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