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title: bytes() function
description: >
  `bytes()` converts a string value to a bytes type.
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  flux_v0_ref:
    name: bytes
    parent: universe
    identifier: universe/bytes
weight: 101
flux/v0/tags: [type-conversions]
introduced: 0.40.0
---

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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


```