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Buffer Alloc

A ponyfill for Buffer.alloc.

Works as Node.js: v7.0.0
Works on Node.js: v0.10.0

Installation

npm install --save buffer-alloc

Usage

constalloc=require('buffer-alloc')console.log(alloc(4))//=> <Buffer 00 00 00 00>console.log(alloc(6,0x41))//=> <Buffer 41 41 41 41 41 41>console.log(alloc(10,'linus','utf8'))//=> <Buffer 6c 69 6e 75 73 6c 69 6e 75 73>

API

alloc(size[, fill[, encoding]])

  • size <Integer> The desired length of the new Buffer
  • fill <String> | <Buffer> | <Integer> A value to pre-fill the new Buffer with. Default:0
  • encoding <String> If fill is a string, this is its encoding. Default:'utf8'

Allocates a new Buffer of size bytes. If fill is undefined, the Buffer will be zero-filled.

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