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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # copyBuffer 22 23 > Copy [buffer][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] data to a new [`Buffer`][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] instance. 24 25 <!-- Section to include introductory text. Make sure to keep an empty line after the intro `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 26 27 <section class="intro"> 28 29 </section> 30 31 <!-- /.intro --> 32 33 <!-- Package usage documentation. --> 34 35 <section class="usage"> 36 37 ## Usage 38 39 ```javascript 40 var copyBuffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer/from-buffer' ); 41 ``` 42 43 #### copyBuffer( buffer ) 44 45 Copies [buffer][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] data to a new [`Buffer`][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] instance. 46 47 ```javascript 48 var array2buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer/from-array' ); 49 50 var b1 = array2buffer( [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] ); 51 // returns <Buffer>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 52 53 var b2 = copyBuffer( b1 ); 54 // returns <Buffer>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 55 ``` 56 57 </section> 58 59 <!-- /.usage --> 60 61 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 62 63 <section class="notes"> 64 65 </section> 66 67 <!-- /.notes --> 68 69 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 70 71 <section class="examples"> 72 73 ## Examples 74 75 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 76 77 ```javascript 78 var allocUnsafe = require( '@stdlib/buffer/alloc-unsafe' ); 79 var copyBuffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer/from-buffer' ); 80 81 var bool; 82 var b1; 83 var b2; 84 var i; 85 86 // Allocate a new buffer: 87 b1 = allocUnsafe( 10 ); 88 89 // Generate a new buffer from the existing buffer: 90 b2 = copyBuffer( b1 ); 91 92 bool = ( b2 === b1 ); 93 // returns false 94 95 bool = ( b2.length === b1.length ); 96 // returns true 97 98 for ( i = 0; i < b2.length; i++ ) { 99 console.log( b2[ i ] === b1[ i ] ); 100 // => true 101 } 102 ``` 103 104 </section> 105 106 <!-- /.examples --> 107 108 <!-- Section to include cited references. If references are included, add a horizontal rule *before* the section. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 109 110 <section class="references"> 111 112 </section> 113 114 <!-- /.references --> 115 116 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 117 118 <section class="links"> 119 120 [@stdlib/buffer/ctor]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@stdlib/buffer/tree/main/ctor 121 122 </section> 123 124 <!-- /.links -->