TextEncoder takes a stream of code points as input and emits a stream of bytes. For a more scalable, non-native library, see StringView – a C-like representation of strings based on typed arrays.

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Constructors

Accessors

Methods

Constructors

Accessors

  • get encoding(): string
  • Returns string

Methods

  • Returns the result of running UTF-8's encoder.

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    Parameters

    • Optionalinput: string

    Returns Uint8Array

  • Runs the UTF-8 encoder on source, stores the result of that operation into destination, and returns the progress made as an object wherein read is the number of converted code units of source and written is the number of bytes modified in destination.

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    Parameters

    • input: string
    • buffer: ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView

    Returns TextEncoderEncodeIntoResult