import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';
import bases from "./util/bases.js";
/**
 * Turns a `Uint8Array` into a string.
 *
 * Supports `utf8`, `utf-8` and any encoding supported by the multibase module.
 *
 * Also `ascii` which is similar to node's 'binary' encoding.
 */
export function toString(array, encoding = 'utf8') {
    const base = bases[encoding];
    if (base == null) {
        throw new Error(`Unsupported encoding "${encoding}"`);
    }
    if (encoding === 'utf8' || encoding === 'utf-8') {
        return Buffer.from(array.buffer, array.byteOffset, array.byteLength).toString('utf8');
    }
    // strip multibase prefix
    return base.encoder.encode(array).substring(1);
}
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