List<int> convert(
String string,
[int start = 0,
int end]
)

Converts the String into a list of its code units.

If start and end are provided, only the substring string.substring(start, end) is used as input to the conversion.

Source

/**
 * Converts the [String] into a list of its code units.
 *
 * If [start] and [end] are provided, only the substring
 * `string.substring(start, end)` is used as input to the conversion.
 */
List<int> convert(String string, [int start = 0, int end]) {
  int stringLength = string.length;
  RangeError.checkValidRange(start, end, stringLength);
  if (end == null) end = stringLength;
  int length = end - start;
  List result = new Uint8List(length);
  for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    var codeUnit = string.codeUnitAt(start + i);
    if ((codeUnit & ~_subsetMask) != 0) {
      throw new ArgumentError("String contains invalid characters.");
    }
    result[i] = codeUnit;
  }
  return result;
}