The TextEncoder.encode() method takes a string as input, and returns a Uint8Array containing the text given in parameters encoded with the specific method for that TextEncoder object.
Syntax
js
encode(string)Parameters
- string
-
A string containing the text to encode.
Return value
A Uint8Array object.
Examples
html
<p class="source">This is a 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();let encoded = textEncoder.encode(string);resultPara.textContent += encoded;Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Encoding Standard # ref-for-dom-textencoder-encode① |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- The
TextEncoderinterface it belongs to.
