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# Chars

| type   | returns         |
| ------ | --------------- |
| Getter | `array<string>` |

## Explanation

Returns an array of the bytes in a given string, handles unicode surrogates properly.

## Examples

```swift
"Hello" == ["H", "e", "l", "l", "o"]
"🐐 > 🐑" == ["🐐", " ", ">", " ", "🐑"]
```