# xarray.coding.strings.CharacterArrayCoder

### *class* xarray.coding.strings.CharacterArrayCoder[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/coding/strings.py#L156-L178)

Transforms between arrays containing bytes and character arrays.

#### \_\_init_\_()

### Methods

| [`__init__`](#xarray.coding.strings.CharacterArrayCoder.__init__)()   |                                                    |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| `decode`(variable[, name])                                    | Convert a decoded variable to an encoded variable. |
| `encode`(variable[, name])                                    | Convert an encoded variable to a decoded variable. |