function byteToUnicode(): { [key: number]: string } {
	const bs: number[] = [
		...Array.from({ length: 126 - 33 + 1 }, (_, i) => 33 + i), // range(ord("!"), ord("~") + 1)
		...Array.from({ length: 172 - 161 + 1 }, (_, i) => 161 + i), // range(ord("¡"), ord("¬") + 1)
		...Array.from({ length: 255 - 174 + 1 }, (_, i) => 174 + i) // range(ord("®"), ord("ÿ") + 1)
	];

	const cs: number[] = [...bs];
	let n = 0;

	for (let b = 0; b < 256; b++) {
		if (!bs.includes(b)) {
			bs.push(b);
			cs.push(256 + n);
			n++;
		}
	}

	const csChars: string[] = cs.map((n) => String.fromCharCode(n));
	return Object.fromEntries(bs.map((b, i) => [b, csChars[i]]));
}

export default function bytesToUnicode(str: string): string {
	const byteToUnicodeMap = byteToUnicode();
	const encoder = new TextEncoder();

	// Convert the input string to an array of bytes (numbers)
	const byteArray = Array.from(encoder.encode(str));

	// Map each byte to its corresponding Unicode character
	const unicodeArray = byteArray.map((byte) => {
		return byteToUnicodeMap[byte];
	});

	// Join the array of Unicode characters into a single string
	return unicodeArray.join("");
}