(x <- CharToAsc("Silvia"))
# will be pasted together
AscToChar(x)
# use strsplit if the single characters are needed
strsplit(AscToChar(x), split=NULL)
# this would be an alternative, but the latter would be of class raw
DecToHex(CharToAsc("Silvia"))
charToRaw("Silvia")
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