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Created May 24, 2012 23:38
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Convert bytes to string Javascript
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bin2string.js
function bin2string(array){
var result = "";
for(var i = 0; i < array.length; ++i){
result+= (String.fromCharCode(array[i]));
}
return result;
}
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kLiHz commented Apr 27, 2024

Hi @bkdotcom or anyone who is interested in multi-byte encodings, the TextDecoder could be used.

const a = [0xE2, 0x98, 0xB9];
const u8a = new Uint8Array(a);

const utf8decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
const decodedText = utf8decoder.decode(u8a);

console.log(decodedText);

See also on a TypeScript Playground.

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