fromBytes 
Decodes a byte array to a string, hex value, boolean or number.
Shortcut Functions:
Import 
ts
import { fromBytes } from 'viem'Usage 
ts
import { fromBytes } from 'viem'
fromBytes(
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33]), 
  'string'
)
// 'Hello world'
fromBytes(
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33]), 
  'hex'
)
// '0x48656c6c6f20576f726c6421'
fromBytes(new Uint8Array([1, 164]), 'number')
// 420
fromBytes(new Uint8Array([1]), 'boolean')
// trueReturns 
string | Hex | number | bigint | boolean
The targeted type.
Parameters 
value 
- Type: 
ByteArray 
The byte array to decode.
toOrOptions 
- Type: 
"string" | "hex" | "number" | "bigint" | "boolean" | Options 
The output type or options.
ts
fromBytes(
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33]), 
  'string' 
)
// 'Hello world'ts
fromBytes(
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), 
  {
    size: 32,
    to: 'string'
  }
)
// 'Hello world'Shortcut Functions 
bytesToHex 
- Type: 
Hex 
Decodes a byte array to a hex value.
ts
import { bytesToHex } from 'viem'
bytesToHex( 
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33])
)
// '0x48656c6c6f20576f726c6421'
bytesToHex( 
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), 
  { size: 32 }
)
// '0x48656c6c6f20576f726c64210000000000000000000000000000000000000000'bytesToString 
- Type: 
Hex 
Decodes a byte array to a string.
ts
import { bytesToString } from 'viem'
bytesToString( 
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33])
)
// 'Hello world'
bytesToString( 
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), 
  { size: 32 }
)
// 'Hello world'bytesToNumber 
- Type: 
number 
Decodes a byte array to a number.
ts
import { bytesToNumber } from 'viem'
bytesToNumber(new Uint8Array([1, 164])) 
// 420
bytesToNumber( 
  new Uint8Array([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 164]), 
  { size: 32 }
)
// 420bytesToBigint 
- Type: 
number 
Decodes a byte array to a number.
ts
import { bytesToBigint } from 'viem'
bytesToBigint( 
  new Uint8Array([12, 92, 243, 146, 17, 135, 111, 181, 229, 136, 67, 39, 250, 86, 252, 11, 117])
)
// 4206942069420694206942069420694206942069n
bytesToBigint( 
  new Uint8Array([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 12, 92, 243, 146, 17, 135, 111, 181, 229, 136, 67, 39, 250, 86, 252, 11, 117]),
  { size: 32 }
)
// 4206942069420694206942069420694206942069nbytesToBool 
- Type: 
boolean 
Decodes a byte array to a boolean.
ts
import { bytesToBool } from 'viem'
bytesToBool(new Uint8Array([1])) 
// true
bytesToBool( 
  new Uint8Array([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]),
  { size: 32 }
) 
// true