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String decoder#

Stability: 2 - Stable

Source Code: lib/string_decoder.js

The string_decoder module provides an API for decoding Buffer objects into strings in a manner that preserves encoded multi-byte UTF-8 and UTF-16 characters. It can be accessed using:

const { StringDecoder } = require('string_decoder');

The following example shows the basic use of the StringDecoder class.

const { StringDecoder } = require('string_decoder');
const decoder = new StringDecoder('utf8');

const cent = Buffer.from([0xC2, 0xA2]);
console.log(decoder.write(cent));

const euro = Buffer.from([0xE2