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import type { AnyString } from '../types.ts';
import { TextEncoder } from 'https://deno.land/x/polkadot@0.2.40/x-textencoder/mod.ts';
const encoder = new TextEncoder();
/** * @name stringToU8a * @summary Creates a Uint8Array object from a utf-8 string. * @description * String input values return the actual encoded `UInt8Array`. `null` or `undefined` values returns an empty encoded array. * @example * <BR> * * ```javascript * import { stringToU8a } from 'https://deno.land/x/polkadot@0.2.40/util/mod.ts'; * * stringToU8a('hello'); // [0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f] * ``` */export function stringToU8a (value?: AnyString | null): Uint8Array {  return value    ? encoder.encode(value.toString())    : new Uint8Array();}