Node.js v0.11.13 Manual & Documentation
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StringDecoder#
Stability: 3 - Stable
To use this module, do require('string_decoder')
. StringDecoder decodes a
buffer to a string. It is a simple interface to buffer.toString()
but provides
additional support for utf8.
var StringDecoder = require('string_decoder').StringDecoder;
var decoder = new StringDecoder('utf8');
var cent = new Buffer([0xC2, 0xA2]);
console.log(decoder.write(cent));
var euro = new Buffer([0xE2, 0x82, 0xAC]);
console.log(decoder.write(euro));
Class: StringDecoder#
Accepts a single argument, encoding
which defaults to utf8
.
decoder.write(buffer)#
Returns a decoded string.
decoder.end()#
Returns any trailing bytes that were left in the buffer.