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# decode

[**utils**](/near-sdk-js/utils.md) • **Docs**

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[near-sdk-js v2.0.0](/near-sdk-js/packages.md) / [utils](/near-sdk-js/utils.md) / decode

## Function: decode()

> **decode**(`a`): `string`

Decode the Uint8Array to string in UTF-8 encoding

### Parameters

• **a**: `Uint8Array`

array to decode

### Returns

`string`

result string

### Defined in

[packages/near-sdk-js/src/utils.ts:353](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js/blob/b58ac04fc6dff2f1120e9098c0cb059493486598/packages/near-sdk-js/src/utils.ts#L353)