TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface

Question

plaintext = input(\"Please enter the text you want to compress\")
filename = input(\"Please enter the desired filename\")
         


        

Answer 1

>>> s = bytes("s","utf-8")
>>> print(s)
b's'
>>> s = s.decode("utf-8")
>>> print(s)
s

Well if useful for you in case removing annoying 'b' character.If anyone got better idea please suggest me or feel free to edit me anytime in here.I'm just newbie