# qb-utf8-to-str-tiny

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Tiny script for converting utf-8 to string based upon decodeURIComponent().  
Runs in nodejs and in browser.  Not efficient for large strings.

    module.exports = function utf8_to_str (src, off, lim) {
      lim = lim == null ? src.length : lim
      for (var i = off || 0, s = ''; i < lim; i++) {
        var h = src[i].toString(16)
        if (h.length < 2) h = '0' + h
        s += '%' + h
      }
      return decodeURIComponent(s)
    }

That's it.  That's the code.

**Complies with the 100% test coverage and minimum dependency requirements** of 
[qb-standard](http://github.com/quicbit-js/qb-standard) . 

# Install

    npm install qb-utf8-to-str-tiny

## Example

    npm install qb-utf8-to-str-tiny
    
    node
    > var utf2str = require('qb-utf8-to-str-tiny')
    > utf2str([ 103,195,174,100,100,195,177,117,112,240,144,130,131,33 ])
    'gîddñup𐂃!'


## API

### utf8_to_str (src, off, lim)

* [src](https://github.com/quicbit-js/qb-standard/blob/master/doc/variable-glossary.md#src-source): an 
array or typed-array containing bytes or unsigned integers in UTF-8 format. 

* [off](https://github.com/quicbit-js/qb-standard/blob/master/doc/variable-glossary.md#off-offset): an 
inclusive byte offset where to start conversion

* [lim](https://github.com/quicbit-js/qb-standard/blob/master/doc/variable-glossary.md#lim-limit): an
exclusive byte offset where to stop conversion