How to use the copy function from buffer

buffer.copy is a method in Node.js that allows copying a specified part of a buffer into another buffer.

How does buffer.copy work?

buffer.copy is a method in Node.js that can be used to copy a specified part of a buffer into another buffer. Here's the syntax for using buffer.copy: javascript Copy code {{{{{{{ buffer.copy(target[, targetStart[, sourceStart[, sourceEnd) target (required): The buffer to copy into. targetStart (optional): The offset within target to start writing to. The default is 0. sourceStart (optional): The offset within the source buffer to start copying from. The default is 0. sourceEnd (optional): The offset within the source buffer to stop copying from (not inclusive). The default is buffer.length. The buffer.copy method modifies the target buffer by copying a portion of the source buffer into it. It does not return a new buffer. If targetStart is not provided, the data is written to the beginning of the target buffer. If sourceStart and sourceEnd are not provided, the entire source buffer is copied. Here's an example that demonstrates how to use buffer.copy to copy a portion of a buffer into another buffer: javascript Copy code {{{{{{{ class="!whitespace-pre hljs language-javascript">const source = Buffer.from('Hello, world!'); const target = Buffer.allocUnsafe(5); source.copy(target, 0, 7, 12); console.log(target.toString()); // logs 'world' In this example, we create a source buffer containing the string "Hello, world!". We also create a target buffer with a length of 5. We use buffer.copy to copy the string "world" from source into target. We specify 0 as the targetStart argument to indicate that we want to start writing at the beginning of the target buffer. We specify 7 as the sourceStart argument and 12 as the sourceEnd argument to indicate that we want to copy the characters between positions 7 and 11 in the source buffer (i.e., the characters "world"). Finally, we log the contents of the target buffer, which should be the string "world".

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const source = Buffer.from("source buffer");
const target = Buffer.allocUnsafe(6);

source.copy(target);

console.log(target.toString()); // logs 'source'

In this example, we create a source buffer containing the string "source buffer". We also create a target buffer with a length of 6. We use buffer.copy to copy the contents of source into target. Since we did not specify any arguments beyond target, buffer.copy will copy the entire contents of source into target. Finally, we log the contents of the target buffer, which should be the string "source".