Buffer

Buffer constructor.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/buffer-ctor

Usage

var Buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer-ctor' );

Buffer( size )

Allocates a Buffer having a specified number of bytes.

var b = new Buffer( 10 );
// returns <Buffer>

Buffer( array )

Allocates a Buffer from an array of octets.

var b = new Buffer( [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] );
// returns <Buffer>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

Buffer( buffer )

Copies buffer data to a new Buffer instance.

var b1 = new Buffer( [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] );
var b2 = new Buffer( b1 );
// returns <Buffer>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

Buffer( str[, encoding] )

Returns a Buffer containing a provided string.

var b = new Buffer( 'beep boop' );
// returns <Buffer>

Properties

TODO: add properties

Methods

TODO: add methods

Examples

var ctor = require( '@stdlib/buffer-ctor' );

var b;
var i;

// Allocate uninitialized memory:
if ( typeof ctor.alloc === 'function' ) {
    b = ctor.alloc( 10 );
} else {
    b = new ctor( 10 );
}

// Zero fill the buffer...
for ( i = 0; i < b.length; i++ ) {
    b[ i ] = 0;
}
console.log( b );

See Also

• @stdlib/array-buffer: ArrayBuffer.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

See LICENSE.

Copyright

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