function Utf8to32(utf8str) assert(type(utf8str) == "string") local res, seq, val = {}, 0, nil for i = 1, #utf8str do local c = string.byte(utf8str, i) if seq == 0 then table.insert(res, val) seq = c < 0x80 and 1 or c < 0xE0 and 2 or c < 0xF0 and 3 or c < 0xF8 and 4 or c < 0xFC and 5 or c < 0xFE and 6 or error("invalid UTF-8 character sequence") val = bit.band(c, 2^(8-seq) - 1) else val = bit.bor(bit.lshift(val, 6), bit.band(c, 0x3F)) end seq = seq - 1 end table.insert(res, val) table.insert(res, 0) return res end print(textutils.serialize(Utf8to32(...)))