Allocate a buffer containing a provided string.
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var string2buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer-from-string' );Allocates a buffer containing a provided string.
var buf = string2buffer( 'beep boop' );
// returns <Buffer>The default character encoding is utf8. To specify an alternative encoding, provide an encoding argument.
var buf = string2buffer( '7468697320697320612074c3a97374', 'hex' );
// returns <Buffer>The following encodings are supported:
utf8(utf-8)hexbinaryasciiucs2base64
var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var randint = require( '@stdlib/random-base-discrete-uniform' );
var string2buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer-from-string' );
// Create a buffer from a string:
var buf = string2buffer( 'beep boop bop' );
console.log( buf.toString() );
// Generate random strings...
var i;
var j;
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
j = randint( 0, buf.length );
if ( randu() < 2/buf.length ) {
buf[ j ] = 32; // space
} else {
buf[ j ] = randint( 97, 122 );
}
console.log( buf.toString() );
}@stdlib/buffer-ctor: Buffer.@stdlib/buffer-from-array: allocate a buffer using an octet array.@stdlib/buffer-from-arraybuffer: allocate a buffer from an ArrayBuffer.@stdlib/buffer-from-buffer: copy buffer data to a new Buffer instance.
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