toBytes
toBytes(
value
,opts
?):ByteArray
Encodes a UTF-8 string, hex value, bigint, number or boolean to a byte array.
Parameters
• value: string
| number
| bigint
| boolean
Value to encode.
• opts?: ToBytesParameters
Options.
Returns
ByteArray
Byte array value.
Examples
import { toBytes } from 'viem'const data = toBytes('Hello world')// Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33])
import { toBytes } from 'viem'const data = toBytes(420)// Uint8Array([1, 164])
import { toBytes } from 'viem'const data = toBytes(420, { size: 4 })// Uint8Array([0, 0, 1, 164])
Defined in
node_modules/.pnpm/viem@2.14.2_bufferutil@4.0.8_typescript@5.5.4_utf-8-validate@6.0.4_zod@3.23.8/node_modules/viem/_types/utils/encoding/toBytes.d.ts:37