External module "buffer/from-string/docs/types/index.d"

Export assignment fromString

• fromString(str: string, encoding?: undefined | string): Buffer

• Allocates a buffer containing a provided string.

  throws

  second argument must be a valid encoding

  Parameters

  • str: string

    input string

  • Optional encoding: undefined | string

    character encoding (default: 'utf8')

  Returns Buffer

  new Buffer instance

  Example

  var buf = fromString( 'beep boop' );
  // returns <Buffer>