# Method unicode_to_string()

Method unicode_to_string

  `string unicode_to_string(string(8bit) s, int(0..2)|void byteorder)`

Description

  Converts an UTF16 byte-stream into a string.

Parameter `s`

  String to convert to UTF16.

Parameter `byteorder`

  Default input byte-order. One of:

  `0` | Network (aka big-endian) byte-order (default).
  `1` | Little-endian byte-order.
  `2` | Native byte-order.

  Note that this argument is disregarded if s starts with a BOM.

Note

  This function did not decode surrogates in Pike 7.2 and earlier.

See also

  Charset.decoder(), string_to_unicode(), string_to_utf8(), utf8_to_string()