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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:46:06 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [3.14] gh-106318: Add example for `str.encode()` (GH-134520) (#135457)
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[3.14] gh-106318: Add example for `str.encode()` (GH-134520) (#135457)

Co-authored-by: Blaise Pabon <blaise@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index b75e5ceecf87..4854a2c077bb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1841,6 +1841,14 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    unless an encoding error actually occurs,
    :ref:`devmode` is enabled
    or a :ref:`debug build <debug-build>` is used.
+   For example::
+
+      >>> encoded_str_to_bytes = 'Python'.encode()
+      >>> type(encoded_str_to_bytes)
+      <class 'bytes'>
+      >>> encoded_str_to_bytes
+      b'Python'
+
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.1
       Added support for keyword arguments.