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Encode text

Encodes text into the chosen character encoding. Encode text lives in the Data format category of the fx menu.

Parameters

Section titled “Parameters”
ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
Inputstringyes—Value to transform. Previous step output or a literal.
EncodingstringnoUTF-8 (65001)Choose one of: UTF-8 (65001), UTF-7 (65000), UTF-16LE (1200), UTF-16BE (1201), UTF-32LE (12000), UTF-32BE (12001), and 146 more.

Input is the primary value (previous step output or a literal).

Returned value

Section titled “Returned value”
TypeDescription
stringResult of the Encode text transformation.

Limitations

Section titled “Limitations”
  • Not every charset can represent every Unicode character; unsupported characters may be substituted or cause errors depending on the encoding.

Example

Section titled “Example”
Encode text as UTF-8 bytes

Encode text into a chosen character encoding. Start with UTF-8 unless a legacy system requires another charset.

  1. Set Input to the text. Paste:

    Input
    Hello

  2. Leave Encoding on UTF-8 (65001) unless you need another charset.

  3. Confirm Output value is the encoded byte representation.