How To Convert An Elixir Binary To A String?

Question

So I\'m trying to convert a binary to a string. This code:

t = [{<<71,0,69,0,84,0>>}]
String.from_char_list(t)

But I\'m gettin

Answer 1

In reference to http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2010-December/054885.html

You can use :unicode.characters_to_list(binary_string, {:utf16, :little}) to verify result and store too

IEX eval

iex(1)> y                                                
<<115, 0, 121, 0, 115, 0>>
iex(2)> :unicode.characters_to_list(y, {:utf16, :little})
'sys'

Note : Value printed as sys for <<115, 0, 121, 0, 115, 0>>