# File src/rexml/encodings/UTF-16.rb, line 18
                def from_utf_16(str)
                        array_enc=str.unpack('C*')
                        array_utf8 = []
                        2.step(arrayEnc.size-1, 2){|i| 
                                array_utf8 << (array_enc.at(i+1) + array_enc.at(i)*0x100)
                        }
                        array_utf8.pack('U*')
                end