Need help better example for encoding?

[Gresliebear]

encodings

I simply want to convert str to bytes and I wanted to use pydicom.charset.ecode_straing(test, encodings)

encodings =
bytes_test = pydicom.charset.encode_string(test, encodings )

What is this encodings parameter supposed to be? Sorry for asking but I have been staring at the documentation for hours and running code with errors and I thought ask just to save myself

[Gresliebear]

I tried

encodings = 'ISO_IR 100'
            bytes_test = pydicom.charset.encode_string(test, encodings )

LookupError: unknown encoding: I

I am I calling this worng?

[scaramallion]

I think encodings should be a list of Python encodings:

>>> encode_string('test', ['latin_1'])
b'test'
>>> encode_string('test', ['iso8859_2'])
b'test'