TextEncoder: encode() method - Web APIs | MDN

Syntax

Parameters

string

A string containing the text to encode.

Return value

A Uint8Array object containing the UTF-8 encoding of the input string.

Examples

html

<p class="source">Sample paragraph.</p>
<p class="result">Encoded result:</p>

js

const sourcePara = document.querySelector(".source");
const resultPara = document.querySelector(".result");
const string = sourcePara.textContent;

const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();

const encoded = textEncoder.encode(string);
resultPara.textContent = `${resultPara.textContent} ${encoded}`;

Specifications

Specification
Encoding
# ref-for-dom-textencoder-encode①

Browser compatibility

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