How do I convert a string into a vector of bytes in rust?

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(&str).as_bytes gives you a view of a string as a &[u8] byte slice (that can be called on String since that derefs to str, and there’s also String.into_bytes will consume a String to give you a Vec<u8>.

Use the .as_bytes version if you don’t need ownership of the bytes.

fn main() {
    let string = "foo";
    println!("{:?}", string.as_bytes()); // prints [102, 111, 111]
}

BTW, The naming conventions for conversion functions are helpful in situations like these, because they allow you to know approximately what name you might be looking for.

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