Buffer Module in Node.js provides access to Buffer objects that represent fixed-length sequences of bytes. readUInt32BE() is a method defined in the Buffer Class that reads a 32-bit, big-endian unsigned integer from the Buffer object starting from the specified offset. The prototype of readUInt32BE() is as follows:
buf.readUInt32BE([offset])
offset: Number of bytes to skip before reading. offset must be an integer and lie in the range . The default value is .
32-bit, big-endian unsigned integer from buf starting from the specified offset.
NOTE: Buffer Class is accessible within the global scope; therefore, you do not need to use the
require('buffer').Buffermethod to import the Buffer Module.
const buf = Buffer.from([1, 62, -83, 4, 25]);console.log(buf.readUInt32BE(1));
In the first line, we create the buffer object buf using Buffer.from(). Then, we display the 32-bit, big-endian unsigned integer from buf after skipping 1 byte by passing offset 1 to the buf.readUInt32BE() method.
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