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The document discusses Buffer.compare(), Buffer.copy(), and Buffer.entries() methods in Node.js. Buffer.compare() compares two Buffers and returns a number indicating their relationship. Buffer.copy() copies data from one Buffer to another, even if they overlap. Buffer.entries() returns an iterator object that yields key-value pairs for each element in the Buffer.

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The document discusses Buffer.compare(), Buffer.copy(), and Buffer.entries() methods in Node.js. Buffer.compare() compares two Buffers and returns a number indicating their relationship. Buffer.copy() copies data from one Buffer to another, even if they overlap. Buffer.entries() returns an iterator object that yields key-value pairs for each element in the Buffer.

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The optional 

targetStart, targetEnd, sourceStart, and sourceEnd arguments can be used to limit the


comparison to specific ranges within target and buf respectively.
const buf1 = Buffer.from([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
const buf2 = Buffer.from([5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4]);

console.log(buf1.compare(buf2, 5, 9, 0, 4));
// Prints: 0
console.log(buf1.compare(buf2, 0, 6, 4));
// Prints: -1
console.log(buf1.compare(buf2, 5, 6, 5));
// Prints: 1

ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE is thrown if targetStart < 0, sourceStart < 0, targetEnd > target.byteLength,


or sourceEnd > source.byteLength.

buf.copy(target[, targetStart[, sourceStart[, sourceEnd]]])#


Added in: v0.1.90
target <Buffer> | <Uint8Array> A Buffer or Uint8Array to copy into.
targetStart <integer> The offset within target at which to begin writing. Default: 0.
sourceStart <integer> The offset within buf from which to begin copying. Default: 0.
sourceEnd <integer> The offset within buf at which to stop copying (not
inclusive). Default: buf.length.
Returns: <integer> The number of bytes copied.
Copies data from a region of buf to a region in target, even if the target memory region overlaps
with buf.
TypedArray#set() performs the same operation, and is available for all TypedArrays,
including Node.js Buffers, although it takes different function arguments.
// Create two `Buffer` instances.
const buf1 = Buffer.allocUnsafe(26);
const buf2 = Buffer.allocUnsafe(26).fill('!');

for (let i = 0; i < 26; i++) {


// 97 is the decimal ASCII value for 'a'.
buf1[i] = i + 97;
}
// Copy `buf1` bytes 16 through 19 into `buf2` starting at byte 8 of `buf2`.
buf1.copy(buf2, 8, 16, 20);
// This is equivalent to:
// buf2.set(buf1.subarray(16, 20), 8);

console.log(buf2.toString('ascii', 0, 25));
// Prints: !!!!!!!!qrst!!!!!!!!!!!!!
// Create a `Buffer` and copy data from one region to an overlapping region
// within the same `Buffer`.

const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(26);

for (let i = 0; i < 26; i++) {


// 97 is the decimal ASCII value for 'a'.
buf[i] = i + 97;
}

buf.copy(buf, 0, 4, 10);

console.log(buf.toString());
// Prints: efghijghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

buf.entries()#
Added in: v1.1.0

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