copyBuffer

Copy buffer data to a new Buffer instance.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/buffer-from-buffer

Usage

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

copyBuffer( buffer )

Copies buffer data to a new Buffer instance.

var array2buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer-from-array' );

var b1 = array2buffer( [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] );
// returns <Buffer>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

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

Examples

var allocUnsafe = require( '@stdlib/buffer-alloc-unsafe' );
var copyBuffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer-from-buffer' );

var bool;
var b1;
var b2;
var i;

// Allocate a new buffer:
b1 = allocUnsafe( 10 );

// Generate a new buffer from the existing buffer:
b2 = copyBuffer( b1 );

bool = ( b2 === b1 );
// returns false

bool = ( b2.length === b1.length );
// returns true

for ( i = 0; i < b2.length; i++ ) {
    console.log( b2[ i ] === b1[ i ] );
    // => true
}

See Also

• @stdlib/buffer-alloc-unsafe: allocate a buffer having a specified number of bytes.
• @stdlib/buffer-ctor: Buffer.

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.

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