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title: "Get Bytes From String With Encoding"
slug: "get-bytes-from-string-with-encoding"
tags: ["bytes", "encode", "UTF-8", "UTF-16", "ascii"]
updated: 2022-11-30T19:19:35Z
published: 2022-11-30T19:19:35Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/get-bytes-from-string-with-encoding"
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# Get Bytes From String With Encoding

| ## Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 4.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 5.0.0 |
| **Location** | Data > Text |

The **Get Bytes From String With Encoding** step converts the Source String input to the specified Encoding Name input and outputs a list of Bytes.

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## Properties

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Encoding Name | The desired encoding type to use (e.g. utf-8, utf-16, ascii) | String |
| Source String | String to extract bytes from | String |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Output | Bytes from string | List of Byte |

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