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title: bytes() function
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description: >
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`bytes()` converts a string value to a bytes type.
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menu:
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flux_v0_ref:
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name: bytes
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parent: universe
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identifier: universe/bytes
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weight: 101
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flux/v0/tags: [type-conversions]
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introduced: 0.40.0
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---
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<!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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IMPORTANT: This page was generated from comments in the Flux source code. Any
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edits made directly to this page will be overwritten the next time the
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documentation is generated.
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To make updates to this documentation, update the function comments above the
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function definition in the Flux source code:
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https://github.com/influxdata/flux/blob/master/stdlib/universe/universe.flux#L3160-L3160
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Contributing to Flux: https://github.com/influxdata/flux#contributing
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Fluxdoc syntax: https://github.com/influxdata/flux/blob/master/docs/fluxdoc.md
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
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`bytes()` converts a string value to a bytes type.
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##### Function type signature
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```js
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(v: A) => bytes
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```
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{{% caption %}}
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For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).
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{{% /caption %}}
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## Parameters
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### v
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({{< req >}})
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Value to convert.
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## Examples
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### Convert a string to bytes
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```js
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bytes(v: "Example string")// Returns 0x4578616d706c6520737472696e67
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```
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