`convert` is the go-to equivalent in Julia of casting. In this case:
uint_array = convert(Vector{UInt8},str)
but there are many ways of getting similar results!
BTW `convert(ASCIIString,uint_array)` gets back.
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 1:49:36 AM UTC+2, James Gilbert wrote:
>
> Solved! After finding base/ascii.jl I find I can:
>
> str = "hello"
> uint_array = str.data
> str = ASCIIString(uint_array)
>
> though I probably shouldn't be calling str.data outside of the Julia
> language files...
>
>
