# File 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