Function string2binary

Picviewer CE+/dist.user.js:3316–3324

* Convert a string that pass as a "binary string": it should represent a byte * array but may have > 255 char codes. Be sure to take only the first byte * and returns the byte array. * @param {String} str the string to transform. * @return {Array|Uint8Array} the string in a binary format.

(str)

 * @return {Array|Uint8Array} the string in a binary format.
 */
function string2binary(str) {
    var result = null;
    if (support.uint8array) {
      result = new Uint8Array(str.length);
    } else {
      result = new Array(str.length);
    }
    return stringToArrayLike(str, result);
}

/**
 * Create a new blob with the given content and the given type.