Uint8Arrays

Some utility functions to make dealing with Uint8Arrays more pleasant.

• API
  • compare(a, b)
    • Example
  • concat(arrays, [length])
    • Example
  • equals(a, b)
    • Example
  • fromString(string, encoding = 'utf8')
    • Example
  • toString(array, encoding = 'utf8')
    • Example

API

compare(a, b)

Compare two Uint8Arrays

Example

const compare = require('uint8arrays/compare')

const arrays = [
  Uint8Array.from([3, 4, 5]),
  Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2])
]

const sorted = arrays.sort(compare)

console.info(sorted)
// [
//    Uint8Array[0, 1, 2]
//    Uint8Array[3, 4, 5]
// ]

concat(arrays, [length])

Concatenate one or more array-likes and return a Uint8Array with their contents.

If you know the length of the arrays, pass it as a second parameter, otherwise it will be calculated by traversing the list of arrays.

Example

const concat = require('uint8arrays/concat')

const arrays = [
  Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2]),
  Uint8Array.from([3, 4, 5])
]

const all = concat(arrays, 6)

console.info(all)
// Uint8Array[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

equals(a, b)

Returns true if the two arrays are the same array or if they have the same length and contents.

Example

const equals = require('uint8arrays/equals')

const a = Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2])
const b = Uint8Array.from([3, 4, 5])
const c = Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2])

console.info(equals(a, b)) // false
console.info(equals(a, c)) // true
console.info(equals(a, a)) // true

fromString(string, encoding = 'utf8')

Returns a new Uint8Array created from the passed string and interpreted as the passed encoding.

Supports utf8 and any of the multiformats encodings.

Example

const fromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')

console.info(fromString('hello world')) // Uint8Array[104, 101 ...
console.info(fromString('00010203aabbcc', 'base16')) // Uint8Array[0, 1 ...
console.info(fromString('AAECA6q7zA', 'base64')) // Uint8Array[0, 1 ...
console.info(fromString('01234', 'ascii')) // Uint8Array[48, 49 ...

toString(array, encoding = 'utf8')

Returns a string created from the passed Uint8Array in the passed encoding.

Supports utf8 and any of the multiformats encodings.

Example

const fromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')

console.info(toString(Uint8Array.from([104, 101...]))) // 'hello world'
console.info(toString(Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2...]), 'base16')) // '00010203aabbcc'
console.info(toString(Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2...]), 'base64')) // 'AAECA6q7zA'
console.info(toString(Uint8Array.from([48, 49, 50...]), 'ascii')) // '01234'