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TextEncoder: TextEncoder() constructor

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The TextEncoder() constructor returns a newly created TextEncoder object.

Syntax

js
new TextEncoder()

Parameters

None.

Specifications

Specification
Encoding
# ref-for-dom-textencoder①

Browser compatibility

See also

  • The TextEncoder interface it belongs to.

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