tf.compat.as_text

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Converts any string-like python input types to unicode.

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tf.compat.as_str

Compat aliases for migration

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tf.compat.v1.compat.as_str, tf.compat.v1.compat.as_text, `tf.compat.v2.compat.as_str`, `tf.compat.v2.compat.as_text`

tf.compat.as_text(
    bytes_or_text, encoding='utf-8'
)

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

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

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

Raises
TypeError	If bytes_or_text is not a binary or unicode string.