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Converts any string-like python input types to unicode.
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, orunicodeobject. | 
| encoding | A string indicating the charset for decoding unicode. | 
| Returns | 
|---|
| A unicode(Python 2) orstr(Python 3) object. | 
| Raises | 
|---|
| TypeError | If bytes_or_textis not a binary or unicode string. | 
  
  
 
  
    
    
      
       
    
    
  
  
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