bytes Module

The bytes module provides manipulation and conversions for raw byte buffers, binary encodings, and hex representations.

Importing

djazair

use bytes

API Reference

Function	Description
`bytes.alloc(size)`	Allocates a zeroed byte buffer of given size.
`bytes.fromString(str)`	Converts a UTF-8 string into an array of byte integers (0-255).
`bytes.toString(buf)`	Converts an array of byte integers back into a UTF-8 string.
`bytes.hexToBytes(hexStr)`	Decodes a hexadecimal string (e.g. "48656c6c6f") into bytes.
`bytes.bytesToHex(buf)`	Encodes a byte array into a hex string.
`bytes.slice(buf, start, end)`	Slices a subarray of bytes.
`bytes.indexOf(buf, byteVal)`	Finds index of first occurrence of byte (-1 if not found).
`bytes.contains(buf, byteVal)`	Returns True if byte is present.
`bytes.concat(bufA, bufB)`	Concatenates two byte arrays.

Example Usage

djazair

use bytes

# Allocate or decode a byte buffer from hex
let buf = bytes.hexToBytes("deadbeef")

# Convert to hex string
print(bytes.bytesToHex(buf)) # => "deadbeef"

# Roundtrip from string
let msg = "Hello Djazair"
let encoded = bytes.fromString(msg)
print("Bytes length: ${encoded.length()}") # => 13
print(bytes.toString(encoded))           # => "Hello Djazair"