@polkadot/util/cjs/u8a/toString.js

A collection of useful utilities for @polkadot

"use strict";
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
exports.u8aToString = u8aToString;
const x_textdecoder_1 = require("@polkadot/x-textdecoder");
const decoder = new x_textdecoder_1.TextDecoder('utf-8');
/**
 * @name u8aToString
 * @summary Creates a utf-8 string from a Uint8Array object.
 * @description
 * `UInt8Array` input values return the actual decoded utf-8 string. `null` or `undefined` values returns an empty string.
 * @example
 * <BR>
 *
 * ```javascript
 * import { u8aToString } from '@polkadot/util';
 *
 * u8aToString(new Uint8Array([0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f])); // hello
 * ```
 */
function u8aToString(value) {
    return value
        ? decoder.decode(value)
        : '';
}