diff --git a/src/gojo/bytes/util.mojo b/src/gojo/bytes/util.mojo
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+from utils import Span
+
+
+fn equals(left: List[UInt8, True], right: List[UInt8, True]) -> Bool:
+    """Reports if `left` and `right` are equal.
+
+    Args:
+        left: The first list to compare.
+        right: The second list to compare.
+    """
+    if len(left) != len(right):
+        return False
+    for i in range(len(left)):
+        if left[i] != right[i]:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+fn has_prefix(bytes: List[UInt8, True], prefix: List[UInt8, True]) -> Bool:
+    """Reports if the list begins with prefix.
+
+    Args:
+        bytes: The list to search.
+        prefix: The prefix to search for.
+    """
+    var len_comparison = len(bytes) >= len(prefix)
+    var prefix_comparison = equals(bytes[0 : len(prefix)], prefix)
+    return len_comparison and prefix_comparison
+
+
+fn has_suffix(bytes: List[UInt8, True], suffix: List[UInt8, True]) -> Bool:
+    """Reports if the list ends with suffix.
+
+    Args:
+        bytes: The list struct to search.
+        suffix: The suffix to search for.
+    """
+    var len_comparison = len(bytes) >= len(suffix)
+    var suffix_comparison = equals(bytes[len(bytes) - len(suffix) : len(bytes)], suffix)
+    return len_comparison and suffix_comparison
+
+
+fn index_byte(bytes: List[UInt8, True], delim: UInt8) -> Int:
+    """Return the index of the first occurrence of the byte `delim`.
+
+    Args:
+        bytes: The list to search.
+        delim: The byte to search for.
+
+    Returns:
+        The index of the first occurrence of the byte `delim`.
+    """
+    for i in range(len(bytes)):
+        if bytes[i] == delim:
+            return i
+
+    return -1
+
+
+fn index_byte(bytes: UnsafePointer[Scalar[DType.uint8]], size: Int, delim: UInt8) -> Int:
+    """Return the index of the first occurrence of the byte `delim`.
+
+    Args:
+        bytes: The list to search.
+        size: The number of elements stored at the pointer address.
+        delim: The byte to search for.
+
+    Returns:
+        The index of the first occurrence of the byte `delim`.
+    """
+    for i in range(size):
+        if UInt8(bytes[i]) == delim:
+            return i
+
+    return -1
+
+
+fn index_byte(bytes: Span[UInt8], delim: UInt8) -> Int:
+    """Return the index of the first occurrence of the byte `delim`.
+
+    Args:
+        bytes: The Span to search.
+        delim: The byte to search for.
+
+    Returns:
+        The index of the first occurrence of the byte `delim`.
+    """
+    for i in range(len(bytes)):
+        if bytes[i] == delim:
+            return i
+
+    return -1
+
+
+fn to_string(bytes: List[UInt8, True]) -> String:
+    """Makes a deep copy of the list supplied and converts it to a string.
+    If it's not null terminated, it will append a null byte.
+
+    Args:
+        bytes: The list to convert.
+
+    Returns:
+        A String built from the list of bytes.
+    """
+    var copy = List[UInt8](bytes)
+    if copy[-1] != 0:
+        copy.append(0)
+    return String(copy^)
diff --git a/test/test_bytes.mojo b/test/test_bytes.mojo
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+from utils import Span
+from gojo.bytes import index_byte
+import testing
+
+
+def test_index_byte():
+    var bytes = String("hello\n").as_bytes()
+    testing.assert_equal(index_byte(Span(bytes), ord("\n")), 5)