uint8arrays
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Utility functions to make dealing with Uint8Arrays easier
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JavaScript
import bases from "./util/bases.js";
/**
* Create a `Uint8Array` from the passed string
*
* Supports `utf8`, `utf-8`, `hex`, and any encoding supported by the multiformats module.
*
* Also `ascii` which is similar to node's 'binary' encoding.
*/
export function fromString(string, encoding = 'utf8') {
const base = bases[encoding];
if (base == null) {
throw new Error(`Unsupported encoding "${encoding}"`);
}
// add multibase prefix
return base.decoder.decode(`${base.prefix}${string}`);
}
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