common/docs/util/modules/_buffer_tou8a_.md

Functions

bufferToU8a

▸ bufferToU8a(buffer?: Buffer | number[] | null): Uint8Array

Defined in buffer/toU8a.ts:19

name: bufferToU8a

summary: Creates a Uint8Array value from a Buffer object.

description: null inputs returns an empty result, Buffer values return the actual value as a Uint8Array. Anything that is not a Buffer object throws an error.

example:

import { bufferToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';

bufferToU8a(Buffer.from([1, 2, 3]));

Parameters:

Name	Type
Optional buffer	Buffer

Returns: Uint8Array

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