kotlin-node/node.buffer/Buffer/indexOf

indexOf

fun indexOf(value: String, byteOffset: Number = definedExternally, encoding: BufferEncoding = definedExternally): Double(source)

fun indexOf(value: Double, byteOffset: Number = definedExternally, encoding: BufferEncoding = definedExternally): Double(source)

fun indexOf(value: Uint8Array<*>, byteOffset: Number = definedExternally, encoding: BufferEncoding = definedExternally): Double(source)

If value is:

a string, value is interpreted according to the character encoding in encoding.
a Buffer or Uint8Array, value will be used in its entirety. To compare a partial Buffer, use buf.subarray.
a number, value will be interpreted as an unsigned 8-bit integer value between 0 and 255.

import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';

const buf = Buffer.from('this is a buffer');

console.log(buf.indexOf('this'));
// Prints: 0
console.log(buf.indexOf('is'));
// Prints: 2
console.log(buf.indexOf(Buffer.from('a buffer')));
// Prints: 8
console.log(buf.indexOf(97));
// Prints: 8 (97 is the decimal ASCII value for 'a')
console.log(buf.indexOf(Buffer.from('a buffer example')));
// Prints: -1
console.log(buf.indexOf(Buffer.from('a buffer example').slice(0, 8)));
// Prints: 8

const utf16Buffer = Buffer.from('\u039a\u0391\u03a3\u03a3\u0395', 'utf16le');

console.log(utf16Buffer.indexOf('\u03a3', 0, 'utf16le'));
// Prints: 4
console.log(utf16Buffer.indexOf('\u03a3', -4, 'utf16le'));
// Prints: 6

If value is not a string, number, or Buffer, this method will throw a TypeError. If value is a number, it will be coerced to a valid byte value, an integer between 0 and 255.

If byteOffset is not a number, it will be coerced to a number. If the result of coercion is NaN or 0, then the entire buffer will be searched. This behavior matches String.prototype.indexOf().

import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';

const b = Buffer.from('abcdef');

// Passing a value that's a number, but not a valid byte.
// Prints: 2, equivalent to searching for 99 or 'c'.
console.log(b.indexOf(99.9));
console.log(b.indexOf(256 + 99));

// Passing a byteOffset that coerces to NaN or 0.
// Prints: 1, searching the whole buffer.
console.log(b.indexOf('b', undefined));
console.log(b.indexOf('b', {}));
console.log(b.indexOf('b', null));
console.log(b.indexOf('b', []));

If value is an empty string or empty Buffer and byteOffset is less than buf.length, byteOffset will be returned. If value is empty andbyteOffset is at least buf.length, buf.length will be returned.

Since

v1.5.0

Return

The index of the first occurrence of value in buf, or -1 if buf does not contain value.

Parameters

value

What to search for.

encoding='utf8' If value is a string, this is the encoding used to determine the binary representation of the string that will be searched for in buf.