def encode_chain_list(in_strings):
out_bytes = b"<STR_LIT>"<EOL>for in_s in in_strings:<EOL><INDENT>out_bytes+=in_s.encode('<STR_LIT:ascii>')<EOL>for i in range(mmtf.utils.constants.CHAIN_LEN -len(in_s)):<EOL><INDENT>out_bytes+= mmtf.utils.constants.NULL_BYTE.encode('<STR_LIT:ascii>')<EOL><DEDENT><DEDENT>return out_bytes<EOL>
Convert a list of strings to a list of byte arrays.

    :param in_strings: the input strings
    :return the encoded list of byte arrays