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Andon Mitev
Andon Mitev

Reputation: 1504

Decode result from Buffer.from()

I have following code:

Buffer.from([1, 5, 'asd'])

Which produces:

<Buffer 01 05 00>

My question is how can I get my initial data back, in this case: [1, 5, 'asd']

Upvotes: 1

Views: 817

Answers (1)

ulou
ulou

Reputation: 5853

buf.toJson() is something you are looking for, however string asd is not valid buffer value.

Buffer stores an array of bytes (int values from 0 to 255). When asd is a string that needs 3 bytes (1 for each letter). In other words string is also an array of bytes.

const buf = Buffer.from([1, 5, 'asd'])
const debuf = buf.toJson().data // output: [1,5,0]

Upvotes: 1

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