Returns an array of the bytes in +self+: 'hello'.bytes # => [104, 101, 108, 108, 111] 'тест'.bytes # => [209, 130, 208, 181, 209, 129, 209, 130] 'こんにちは'.bytes # => [227, 129, 147, 227, 130, 147, 227, 129, 171, 227, 129, 161, 227, 129, 175]