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Javascript: String to Bytes array
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| stringToBytes('this is a test'); | |
| function stringToBytes(str) { | |
| var ch, st, re = []; | |
| for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++ ) { | |
| ch = str.charCodeAt(i); // get char | |
| st = []; // set up "stack" | |
| do { | |
| st.push( ch & 0xFF ); // push byte to stack | |
| ch = ch >> 8; // shift value down by 1 byte | |
| } | |
| while ( ch ); | |
| // add stack contents to result | |
| // done because chars have "wrong" endianness | |
| re = re.concat( st.reverse() ); | |
| } | |
| // return an array of bytes | |
| return re; | |
| } |
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