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diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.markdown b/doc/api/buffer.markdown index ff95304ed..b7da01bf3 100644 --- a/doc/api/buffer.markdown +++ b/doc/api/buffer.markdown @@ -40,6 +40,23 @@ encoding method. Here are the different string encodings. * `'hex'` - Encode each byte as two hexadecimal characters. +`Buffer` can also be used with Typed Array Views and DataViews. + + var buff = new Buffer(4); + var ui16 = new Uint16Array(buff); + var view = new DataView(buff); + + ui16[0] = 1; + ui16[1] = 2; + console.log(buff); + + view.setInt16(0, 1); // set big-endian int16 at byte offset 0 + view.setInt16(2, 2, true); // set little-endian int16 at byte offset 2 + console.log(buff); + + // <Buffer 01 00 02 00> + // <Buffer 00 01 02 00> + ## Class: Buffer The Buffer class is a global type for dealing with binary data directly. |