encode ( string encoding -- byte-array )

Vocabulary
io.encodings.string

Inputs and outputs

string	a string
encoding	an encoding descriptor
byte-array	a byte-array

Word description
Converts a string into a byte array, interpreting that string with the given encoding.

Examples

USING: io.encodings.string io.encodings.utf8 prettyprint ;
"我爱你" utf8 encode .
B{ 230 136 145 231 136 177 228 189 160 }

Definition

USING: byte-vectors io io.encodings io.encodings.binary kernel
locals sequences ;

IN: io.encodings.string

:: encode ( string encoding -- byte-array )
    encoding binary eq?
    [ string ] [
        string length encoding guess-encoded-length
        <byte-vector> :> vec string vec encoding <encoder>
        stream-write vec B{ } like
    ] if ; inline