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# static encode

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    <h3 className="tsd-anchor-link" id="encode"><code className="tsd-tag">Static</code><span>encode</span></h3>
    <div className="tsd-signature"><span className="tsd-kind-property">encode</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-symbol">(</span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">data</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">any</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">)</span> <span className="tsd-signature-symbol">=></span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span> <span className="tsd-signature-symbol">|</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\[]</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol"> = encode</span></div>

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      <p>Static encode function</p>
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      <h4>Type Declaration</h4>

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            <li className="tsd-signature"><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">(</span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">data</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">any</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">)</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span> <span className="tsd-signature-symbol">|</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\[]</span></li>

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                <p>Encodes a JSON object or array of objects into JSON string(s).</p>
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                <h4 className="tsd-parameters-title">Parameters</h4>

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                  <li><span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">data</span>: <span className="tsd-signature-type">any</span></span></li>
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              <h4 className="tsd-returns-title">Returns <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span> <span className="tsd-signature-symbol">|</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\[]</span></h4>
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        <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/GPUdb.ts#L378">src/GPUdb.ts:378</a></li>
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