diff --git a/ts/flexbuffers/flexbuffers-util.ts b/ts/flexbuffers/flexbuffers-util.ts
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+export function fromUTF8Array(data: BufferSource): string {
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  return decoder.decode(data);
+}
+
+export function toUTF8Array(str: string) : Uint8Array {
+  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+  return encoder.encode(str);
+}
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