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### .temp-typedoc
### functions
### <a id="equalArrayBuffers"></a>equalArrayBuffers
function equalArrayBuffers(a1, a2): boolean;
Compares two ArrayBuffers for byte-level equality.
ArrayBufferLike
First buffer
ArrayBufferLike
Second buffer
boolean
True if the buffers have the same length and identical bytes
### <a id="isArrayBuffer"></a>isArrayBuffer
function isArrayBuffer(value): value is ArrayBuffer;
Type guard that checks if a value is an ArrayBuffer instance.
unknown
value is ArrayBuffer
function isArrayBuffer<T>(value): value is Extract<T, ArrayBuffer>;
Type guard that checks if a value is an ArrayBuffer instance.
T extends ArrayBuffer
T
value is Extract<T, ArrayBuffer>
### <a id="isArrayBufferLike"></a>isArrayBufferLike
function isArrayBufferLike(value): value is ArrayBufferLike;
Type guard that checks if a value conforms to the ArrayBufferLike interface (has byteLength and slice).
unknown
value is ArrayBufferLike
function isArrayBufferLike<T>(value): value is Extract<T, ArrayBufferLike>;
Type guard that checks if a value conforms to the ArrayBufferLike interface (has byteLength and slice).
T extends ArrayBufferLike
T
value is Extract<T, ArrayBufferLike>
### <a id="toArrayBuffer"></a>toArrayBuffer
function toArrayBuffer(
value,
padLength?,
base?): undefined;
Converts a string, bigint, or ArrayBufferLike to an ArrayBufferLike, with optional zero-padding.
undefined
The value to convert (hex string, bigint, or existing buffer)
number
Minimum byte length, left-padded with zeros if needed
number
Numeric base for string parsing (default 16)
undefined
The resulting ArrayBufferLike, or undefined if value is undefined
function toArrayBuffer(
value,
padLength?,
base?): ArrayBufferLike;
Converts a string, bigint, or ArrayBufferLike to an ArrayBufferLike, with optional zero-padding.
string | bigint | ArrayBufferLike
The value to convert (hex string, bigint, or existing buffer)
number
Minimum byte length, left-padded with zeros if needed
number
Numeric base for string parsing (default 16)
ArrayBufferLike
The resulting ArrayBufferLike, or undefined if value is undefined
function toArrayBuffer(
value,
padLength?,
base?): ArrayBufferLike | undefined;
Converts a string, bigint, or ArrayBufferLike to an ArrayBufferLike, with optional zero-padding.
string | bigint | ArrayBufferLike | undefined
The value to convert (hex string, bigint, or existing buffer)
number
Minimum byte length, left-padded with zeros if needed
number
Numeric base for string parsing (default 16)
ArrayBufferLike | undefined
The resulting ArrayBufferLike, or undefined if value is undefined
### <a id="toUint8Array"></a>toUint8Array
function toUint8Array(
value,
padLength?,
base?): undefined;
Converts a string, bigint, or ArrayBufferLike to a Uint8Array, with optional zero-padding.
undefined
The value to convert
number
Minimum byte length, left-padded with zeros if needed
number
Numeric base for string parsing (default 16)
undefined
The resulting Uint8Array, or undefined if value is undefined
function toUint8Array(
value,
padLength?,
base?): Uint8Array;
Converts a string, bigint, or ArrayBufferLike to a Uint8Array, with optional zero-padding.
string | bigint | ArrayBufferLike
The value to convert
number
Minimum byte length, left-padded with zeros if needed
number
Numeric base for string parsing (default 16)
Uint8Array
The resulting Uint8Array, or undefined if value is undefined
function toUint8Array(
value,
padLength?,
base?): Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> | undefined;
Converts a string, bigint, or ArrayBufferLike to a Uint8Array, with optional zero-padding.
string | bigint | ArrayBufferLike | undefined
The value to convert
number
Minimum byte length, left-padded with zeros if needed
number
Numeric base for string parsing (default 16)
Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> | undefined
The resulting Uint8Array, or undefined if value is undefined
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Base functionality used throughout XY Labs TypeScript/JavaScript libraries
The npm package @xylabs/arraybuffer receives a total of 6,056 weekly downloads. As such, @xylabs/arraybuffer popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @xylabs/arraybuffer demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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