diff --git a/js/modules/string_to_array_buffer.js b/js/modules/string_to_array_buffer.js
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+exports.stringToArrayBuffer = (string) => {
+  if (typeof string !== 'string') {
+    throw new TypeError('`string` must be a string');
+  }
+
+  const array = new Uint8Array(string.length);
+  for (let i = 0; i < string.length; i += 1) {
+    array[i] = string.charCodeAt(i);
+  }
+  return array.buffer;
+};