//converts a string to an ArrayBuffermodule.exports = functionstr2ab(str) {
var buf = newArrayBuffer(str.length * 2); // 2 bytes for each charvar bufView = newUint16Array(buf);
for (var i = 0, strLen = str.length; i < strLen; i++) {
bufView[i] = str.charCodeAt(i);
}
return buf;
};