# How can I get back the original string after I converted it to codeunits?

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**Created:** [January 30, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-get-back-the-original-string-after-i-converted-it-to-codeunits/54267 "2021-01-30T12:44:17Z")\
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How can I get back the original string after I converted it to codeunits, e.g. `f(codeunits("test")) = "test"` ?

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The answer turned out to be `String`: `String(codeunits("test")) == "test"`