docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/universe/bytes.md

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bytes() function	`bytes()` converts a string value to a bytes type.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier bytes universe universe/bytes	101	type-conversions	0.40.0

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

Function type signature

(v: A) => bytes

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Parameters

v

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

Examples

Convert a string to bytes

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