converting between Uint8Arrays and binary-encoded strings and word-arrays (for crypto purposes, with CryptoJS and NaCL)

gistfile1.js

/*
wordArray: { words: [..], sigBytes: words.length * 4 }
*/

// assumes wordArray is Big-Endian (because it comes from CryptoJS which is all BE)
// From: https://gist.github.com/creationix/07856504cf4d5cede5f9#file-encode-js
function convertWordArrayToUint8Array(wordArray) {
	var len = wordArray.words.length,
		u8_array = new Uint8Array(len << 2),
		offset = 0, word, i
	;
	for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
		word = wordArray.words[i];
		u8_array[offset++] = word >> 24;
		u8_array[offset++] = (word >> 16) & 0xff;
		u8_array[offset++] = (word >> 8) & 0xff;
		u8_array[offset++] = word & 0xff;
	}
	return u8_array;
}

// create a wordArray that is Big-Endian (because it's used with CryptoJS which is all BE)
// From: https://gist.github.com/creationix/07856504cf4d5cede5f9#file-encode-js
function convertUint8ArrayToWordArray(u8Array) {
	var words = [], i = 0, len = u8Array.length;

	while (i < len) {
		words.push(
			(u8Array[i++] << 24) |
			(u8Array[i++] << 16) |
			(u8Array[i++] << 8)  |
			(u8Array[i++])
		);
	}

	return {
		sigBytes: words.length * 4,
		words: words
	};
}

function convertUint8ArrayToBinaryString(u8Array) {
	var i, len = u8Array.length, b_str = "";
	for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
		b_str += String.fromCharCode(u8Array[i]);
	}
	return b_str;
}

function convertBinaryStringToUint8Array(bStr) {
	var i, len = bStr.length, u8_array = new Uint8Array(len);
	for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
		u8_array[i] = bStr.charCodeAt(i);
	}
	return u8_array;
}