Source: codecString.js

/** @fileOverview Bit array codec implementations.
 *
 * @author Emily Stark
 * @author Mike Hamburg
 * @author Dan Boneh
 */
 
/**
 * UTF-8 strings
 * @namespace
 */
sjcl.codec.utf8String = {
  /** Convert from a bitArray to a UTF-8 string. */
  fromBits: function (arr) {
    var out = "", bl = sjcl.bitArray.bitLength(arr), i, tmp;
    for (i=0; i<bl/8; i++) {
      if ((i&3) === 0) {
        tmp = arr[i/4];
      }
      out += String.fromCharCode(tmp >>> 24);
      tmp <<= 8;
    }
    return decodeURIComponent(escape(out));
  },
  
  /** Convert from a UTF-8 string to a bitArray. */
  toBits: function (str) {
    str = unescape(encodeURIComponent(str));
    var out = [], i, tmp=0;
    for (i=0; i<str.length; i++) {
      tmp = tmp << 8 | str.charCodeAt(i);
      if ((i&3) === 3) {
        out.push(tmp);
        tmp = 0;
      }
    }
    if (i&3) {
      out.push(sjcl.bitArray.partial(8*(i&3), tmp));
    }
    return out;
  }
};