# encode

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## Function: encode()

> **encode**(`s`): `Uint8Array`

Encode the string to Uint8Array with UTF-8 encoding

### Parameters

• **s**: `string`

String to encode

### Returns

`Uint8Array`

result Uint8Array

### Defined in

[packages/near-sdk-js/src/utils.ts:344](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js/blob/b58ac04fc6dff2f1120e9098c0cb059493486598/packages/near-sdk-js/src/utils.ts#L344)