buffer-equal

What is buffer-equal?

The buffer-equal npm package is a simple utility for checking if two Node.js Buffer or Uint8Array instances contain the same bytes. It is primarily used for comparing buffers in a way that is both efficient and straightforward.

What are buffer-equal's main functionalities?

Buffer Equality Check

This feature allows you to compare two buffers to determine if they are equal. It returns true if they are equal, false otherwise.

const bufferEqual = require('buffer-equal');
const buf1 = Buffer.from('hello world');
const buf2 = Buffer.from('hello world');
const buf3 = Buffer.from('goodbye');

console.log(bufferEqual(buf1, buf2)); // true
console.log(bufferEqual(buf1, buf3)); // false

Other packages similar to buffer-equal

buffer-equals

This package offers a similar functionality to buffer-equal. It provides a method to compare two Node.js Buffer or Uint8Array objects for equality. The difference is mainly in the implementation and possibly in performance characteristics.

README

buffer-equal

Return whether two buffers are equal.

example

var bufferEqual = require('buffer-equal');

console.dir(bufferEqual(
    new Buffer([253,254,255]),
    new Buffer([253,254,255])
));
console.dir(bufferEqual(
    new Buffer('abc'),
    new Buffer('abcd')
));
console.dir(bufferEqual(
    new Buffer('abc'),
    'abc'
));

output:

true
false
undefined

methods

var bufferEqual = require('buffer-equal')

bufferEqual(a, b)

Return whether the two buffers a and b are equal.

If a or b is not a buffer, return undefined.

install

With npm do:

npm install buffer-equal

license

MIT

Changelog

v0.0.1 - 2014-05-24

Commits

• update node versions on travis 0c246a1
• depend on an old tap version so that travis passes again since they don't have the latest npm daf11fc
• fix require() 63e755d
• Use node 0.11+ buffer.equals when available e0131f8