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bytes() converts a string value to a bytes type.

Function type signature
js
(v: A) => bytes

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Parameters

v

({{< req >}}) Value to convert.

Examples

Convert a string to bytes

js
bytes(v: "Example string")// Returns 0x4578616d706c6520737472696e67