parameters: (a, encoding=None, errors=None)
return_statement: return _to_string_or_unicode_array(
          _vec_string(a, object_, 'encode', _clean_args(encoding, errors)))
docstring: Calls `str.encode` element-wise.
  
      The set of available codecs comes from the Python standard library,
      and may be extended at runtime. For more information, see the codecs
      module.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      a : array_like of str or unicode
  
      encoding : str, optional
         The name of an encoding
  
      errors : str, optional
         Specifies how to handle encoding errors
  
      Returns
      -------
      out : ndarray
  
      See also
      --------
      str.encode
  
      Notes
      -----
      The type of the result will depend on the encoding specified.
docstring_summary: Calls `str.encode` element-wise.
docstring_tokens: Calls str . encode element - wise .
function: def encode(a, encoding=None, errors=None):
      """
      Calls `str.encode` element-wise.
  
      The set of available codecs comes from the Python standard library,
      and may be extended at runtime. For more information, see the codecs
      module.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      a : array_like of str or unicode
  
      encoding : str, optional
         The name of an encoding
  
      errors : str, optional
         Specifies how to handle encoding errors
  
      Returns
      -------
      out : ndarray
  
      See also
      --------
      str.encode
  
      Notes
      -----
      The type of the result will depend on the encoding specified.
  
      """
      return _to_string_or_unicode_array(
          _vec_string(a, object_, 'encode', _clean_args(encoding, errors)))
function_tokens: def encode ( a , encoding = None , errors = None ) : return _to_string_or_unicode_array ( _vec_string ( a , object_ , 'encode' , _clean_args ( encoding , errors ) ) )