Contiguous Data Buffer

Create a contiguous linear ndarray data buffer.

Usage

var buffer = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/buffer' );

buffer( dtype, size )

Returns a contiguous linear ndarray data buffer having a specified data type.

var buf = buffer( 'float64', 3 );
// returns <Float64Array>[ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ]

If provided an unknown or unsupported data type, the function returns null.

var buf = buffer( 'float', 3 );
// returns null

Notes

When provided a numeric data type, "generic", or "binary", the function returns a zero-filled contiguous linear ndarray data buffer.

Examples

var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/dtypes' );
var buffer = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/buffer' );

var DTYPES = dtypes();

var buf;
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
    buf = buffer( DTYPES[ i ], 10 );
    console.log( buf );
}