How do I convert a string to a buffer in Python 3.1?

Question

I am attempting to pipe something to a subprocess using the following line:

p.communicate(\"insert into egg values (\'egg\');\");

TypeError: mu         


        

Answer 1

You can convert it to bytes with encode method:

>>> "insert into egg values ('egg');".encode('ascii')    # ascii is just an example
b"insert into egg values ('egg');"