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>>> website = 'http://www.cnblogs.com/txw1958/'
>>> type(website)
<class 'str'>
>>> website
'http://www.cnblogs.com/txw1958/'
>>>

>>> website_bytes_utf8 = website.encode(encoding="utf-8")
>>> type(website_bytes_utf8)
<class 'bytes'>
>>> website_bytes_utf8
b'http://www.cnblogs.com/txw1958/'
>>>

>>> website_bytes_gb2312 = website.encode(encoding="gb2312")
>>> type(website_bytes_gb2312)
<class 'bytes'>
>>> website_bytes_gb2312
b'http://www.cnblogs.com/txw1958/'
>>>

>>> website_string = website_bytes_utf8.decode()
>>> type(website_string)
<class 'str'>
>>> website_string
'http://www.cnblogs.com/txw1958/'
>>>
>>>

>>> website_string_gb2312 = website_bytes_gb2312.decode("gb2312")
>>> type(website_string_gb2312)
<class 'str'>
>>> website_string_gb2312
'http://www.cnblogs.com/txw1958/'
>>>