[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/sqlite-wasm](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/sqlite-wasm) › readUtf8

```ts
function readUtf8(
  deps: SqliteWasmDep,
): (ptr: WasmPtr, byteLength: number) => string;
```

Defined in: [packages/sqlite-wasm/src/Memory.ts:108](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/bc4578a260dd15d5bbf94b83765ca05984d194cb/packages/sqlite-wasm/src/Memory.ts#L108)

Decodes UTF-8 of a known byte length, such as a text column, keeping a
leading byte order mark and embedded NUL characters.