In Erlang how do I convert a string to a binary value?
String = "Hello"
%% should be
Binary = <<"Hello">>
In Erlang how do I convert a String to a binary value?
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In Erlang strings are represented as a list of integers. You can therefore use the list_to_binary (built-in-function, aka BIF). Here is an example I ran in the Erlang console (started with erl):
1> list_to_binary("hello world").
<<"hello world">>
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