# How to convert b256 to str\[66\] in sway

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**Category:** Sway\
**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.fuel.network/t/how-to-convert-b256-to-str-66-in-sway/2751 "2023-06-13T23:46:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![guimroque](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.fuel.network/guimroque/32/1462_2.png) [@guimroque](https://forum.fuel.network/u/guimroque)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.fuel.network/t/how-to-convert-b256-to-str-66-in-sway/2751/1 "2023-06-13T23:46:47Z")

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How to convert b256 to str[66] in sway?

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**Author:** ![IGI-111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.fuel.network/igi-111/32/1348_2.png) [@IGI-111](https://forum.fuel.network/u/IGI-111)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.fuel.network/t/how-to-convert-b256-to-str-66-in-sway/2751/2 "2023-06-14T10:32:17Z")

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Unfortunately we don’t have Unicode support yet so there isn’t a general purpose solution.

That said, if all you want is ASCII or if you know how to decode in general, you can use `to_le_bytes` and/or `to_be_bytes` to transform your b256 into a byte array and go from there.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/fuel/original/2X/5/57d5a345cc15a64b636e0d56e042857f8a0e80b1.png) [@system](https://forum.fuel.network/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.fuel.network/t/how-to-convert-b256-to-str-66-in-sway/2751/3 "2023-07-05T06:32:44Z")

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